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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="11-411" title_number="11" title_name="Military Installation Support" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Bainbridge Development Corporation">
  <text>The Corporation may:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>adopt bylaws for the conduct of its business;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>adopt a seal;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>maintain an office at the Bainbridge Naval Training Center;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>accept loans, grants, or assistance of any kind from the federal or State government, a local government, or a private source;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>enter into contracts and other legal instruments;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>sue and be sued in its own name;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>acquire, purchase, hold, lease as lessee, and use any franchise, patent, or license and real, personal, mixed, tangible, or intangible property, or any interest in property, necessary or convenient to carry out its purposes;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>sell, lease as lessor, transfer, and dispose of its property or interest in property;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="9">
    <text>fix and collect rates, rentals, fees, and charges for services and facilities it provides or makes available;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="10">
    <text>with the owner’s permission, enter land, waters, or premises to make a survey, sounding, boring, or examination to accomplish a purpose authorized by this subtitle;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="11">
    <text>exercise a power usually possessed by a private corporation in performing similar functions, unless to do so would conflict with State law; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="12">
    <text>do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly granted by this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
