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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="4-406" title_number="4" title_name="District Court -- Jurisdiction" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Civil Jurisdiction">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The District Court has concurrent civil jurisdiction with a governing body of a county or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore over a proceeding for adjudication of a violation of an ordinance enacted:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>By a charter county for which a civil penalty is provided under § 10–202 of the Local Government Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>By the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore for which a civil penalty is provided by ordinance; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>By a code county for which a civil citation is issued under Title 11, Subtitle 3 of the Local Government Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The governing body of a county or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore may delegate its authority under subsection (a) of this section to a board, a commission, an agency, or an officer under its jurisdiction and control.</text>
  </level>
</section>
