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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *sb0797* | |
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| 10 | 7 | SENATE BILL 797 | |
| 11 | 8 | L2 5lr2681 | |
| 12 | 9 | CF HB 563 | |
| 13 | 10 | By: Senator Mautz | |
| 14 | 11 | Introduced and read first time: January 28, 2025 | |
| 15 | 12 | Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings | |
| 16 | - | Committee Report: Favorable | |
| 17 | - | Senate action: Adopted | |
| 18 | - | Read second time: February 21, 2025 | |
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| 14 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 21 | 15 | ||
| 22 | 16 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
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| 24 | 18 | Dorchester County – County Property Leases – Notice Exemptions 2 | |
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| 26 | 20 | FOR the purpose of exempting a lease of county property for a certain duration made by 3 | |
| 27 | 21 | Dorchester County from certain notice requirements; and generally relating to notice 4 | |
| 28 | 22 | requirements for leases of county property in Dorchester County. 5 | |
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| 30 | 24 | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6 | |
| 31 | 25 | Article – Local Government 7 | |
| 32 | 26 | Section 10–312(f) 8 | |
| 33 | 27 | Annotated Code of Maryland 9 | |
| 34 | 28 | (2013 Volume and 2024 Supplement) 10 | |
| 35 | 29 | ||
| 36 | 30 | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11 | |
| 37 | 31 | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12 | |
| 38 | 32 | ||
| 39 | 33 | Article – Local Government 13 | |
| 40 | 34 | ||
| 41 | 35 | 10–312. 14 | |
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| 43 | 37 | (f) (1) Except as provided in [paragraph] PARAGRAPHS (2) AND (3) of this 15 | |
| 44 | 38 | subsection, before the county makes any disposition, grant, or lease of county property, the 16 | |
| 45 | 39 | county shall publish notice of the disposition, grant, or lease once a week for 3 successive 17 | |
| 46 | 40 | weeks in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county and shall include the 18 | |
| 47 | 41 | terms and the compensation to be received and give opportunity for objections. 19 | |
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| 43 | + | (2) A county may grant an easement for a public utility without giving 20 | |
| 44 | + | notice under this subsection. 21 | |
| 48 | 45 | 2 SENATE BILL 797 | |
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| 51 | - | (2) A county may grant an easement for a public utility without giving 1 | |
| 52 | - | notice under this subsection. 2 | |
| 48 | + | (3) DORCHESTER COUNTY MAY ENTER INTO A LEASE OF COUNTY 1 | |
| 49 | + | PROPERTY WITHOUT GIV ING NOTICE UNDER THI S SUBSECTION IF THE LEASE HAS A 2 | |
| 50 | + | TERM OF 5 YEARS OR LESS. 3 | |
| 53 | 51 | ||
| 54 | - | (3) DORCHESTER COUNTY MAY ENTER INTO A LEASE OF COUNTY 3 | |
| 55 | - | PROPERTY WITHOUT GIV ING NOTICE UNDER THI S SUBSECTION IF THE LEASE HAS A 4 | |
| 56 | - | TERM OF 5 YEARS OR LESS. 5 | |
| 52 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 4 | |
| 53 | + | October 1, 2025. 5 | |
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| 58 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 6 | |
| 59 | - | October 1, 2025. 7 | |
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| 64 | - | Approved: | |
| 65 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 66 | - | Governor. | |
| 67 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 68 | - | President of the Senate. | |
| 69 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 70 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. |