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<section number="13-190.01" name="Legislative findings and declaration of purpose" law="code" slug="sec-13-190.01" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_13HOPRST_DIV5LOPR_S13-190.01LEFIDEPU">
  <text>The County Council for Prince George's County, Maryland, hereby finds that Prince George's County has become owner of certain building sites through various legal processes; that many of these building sites are harboring blighted, unsightly, and dangerous conditions; and that in order to effectively respond, the County Council for Prince George's County, Maryland hereby declares that it is the public policy of Prince George's County to establish a program to assist in ameliorating or eliminating these conditions by implementing a coordinated approach toward neighborhood improvement through the Lotsteading Program.</text>
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