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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="12-1203" title_number="12" title_name="Local Development Authorities and Resources" subtitle_number="12">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Suitland Development Authority in Prince George’s County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Authority is a body politic and corporate and is an instrumentality of the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The exercise by the Authority of a power under this subtitle is the performance of an essential governmental function.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Governor shall include each year in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $500,000 to the Authority in Prince George’s County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Beginning fiscal year 2036, the Authority shall be self–sustaining.</text>
  </level>
</section>
