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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="12-105" title_number="12" title_name="Local Development Authorities and Resources" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Economic Development Revenue Bond Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>To accomplish one or more of the legislative purposes listed in § 12-103(b) of this subtitle, the legislative body of a county or municipal corporation may adopt a resolution to create an industrial development authority in accordance with this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A resolution adopted under subsection (a), (f), or (g) of this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is administrative in nature;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is not subject to referendum; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>in a county or municipal corporation that has a publicly elected chief executive, is subject to approval by the chief executive.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Subsection (a) of this section is self-executing and fully authorizes a county or municipal corporation to establish an authority, notwithstanding any other statutory or charter provision.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A resolution adopted under subsection (a) of this section shall include proposed articles of incorporation of the authority that state:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the name of the authority, which shall be “Industrial Development Authority of (name of the incorporating county or municipal corporation)”;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>that the authority is formed under this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the names, addresses, and terms of office of the initial members of the board of directors of the authority;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the address of the principal office of the authority;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the purposes for which the authority is formed; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the powers of the authority subject to the limitations on the powers of an authority under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The chief executive of the incorporating county or municipal corporation, or any other official designated in the resolution establishing the authority, shall execute and file the articles of incorporation of the authority for record with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>When the State Department of Assessments and Taxation accepts the articles of incorporation for record, the authority becomes a body politic and corporate and an instrumentality of the incorporating county or municipal corporation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Acceptance of the articles of incorporation for record by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation is conclusive evidence of the formation of the authority.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>By resolution, the legislative body of the incorporating county or municipal corporation may adopt an amendment to the articles of incorporation of the authority.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Articles of amendment may contain any provision that lawfully could be contained in articles of incorporation at the time of the amendment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The articles of amendment shall be filed for record with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The articles of amendment are effective as of the time the State Department of Assessments and Taxation accepts the articles for record.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Acceptance of the articles of amendment for record by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation is conclusive evidence that the articles have been lawfully and properly adopted.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to the provisions of this section and any limitations imposed by law on the impairment of contracts, the incorporating county or municipal corporation, in its sole discretion, by resolution may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>set or change the structure, organization, procedures, programs, or activities of the authority; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>terminate the authority.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On termination of an authority:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>title to all property of the authority shall be transferred to and vest in the incorporating county or municipal corporation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>all obligations of the authority shall be transferred to and assumed by the incorporating county or municipal corporation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
