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<section number="21A-102" name="Revenue Authority created" law="code" slug="sec-21a-102" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_21AREAU_DIV1AU_S21A-102REAUCR">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The governing body of the County is authorized to create, by local law, a body corporate and politic and a unit of the County known as the "Revenue Authority of Prince George's County."</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Authority shall be created when the County:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Passes local laws providing and constituting the terms of the charter for the Authority; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Files the charter with:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>The Department of Assessments and Taxation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>The Department of Legislative Reference; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="C">
        <text>The Secretary of State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The County may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Amend the Authority's charter through local law if the amendments are filed with the Department of Assessments and Taxation, the Department of Legislative Reference, and the Secretary of State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Change the structure, organization, program, powers, or activity of the Authority unless the change would impair the Authority's obligations under a contract or agreement the Authority entered into before the change; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Terminate the Authority unless the termination would impair the Authority's obligations under a contract or agreement the Authority entered into before the termination.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Before the County establishes the Authority, the County shall hold a public hearing which:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Shall be advertised twice by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the County at least 10 days before the hearing; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>May not be part of the annual budget hearing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
