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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="12-804" title_number="12" title_name="Local Development Authorities and Resources" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Baltimore County -- West Baltimore County Redevelopment Authority">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The county may establish, by law, a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the county to be known as the “West Baltimore County Redevelopment Authority”.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Authority shall be created when the county:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>enacts 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="i">
        <text>the State Department of Assessments and Taxation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Department of Legislative Services; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the Secretary of State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On the advice of the Authority members described under subsection (d)(1) through (5) of this section, the county may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>amend the Authority’s charter through local law if the amendments are filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, the Department of Legislative Services, and the Secretary of State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>alter the structure, organization, program, powers, or activity of the Authority, unless the alteration would impair the Authority’s obligations under a contract or an agreement that the Authority entered into before the alteration; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>terminate the Authority, unless the termination would impair the Authority’s obligations under a contract or an agreement that the Authority entered into before termination.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Authority shall consist of the following members:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>each member of the Senate of Maryland whose legislative district includes a portion of West Baltimore County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>one member of the House of Delegates from each legislative district that includes a portion of West Baltimore County, designated by the Speaker of the House;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>each council person whose district includes a portion of West Baltimore County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the county administrative officer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>one member appointed by the County Executive of Baltimore County; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>eleven members appointed by the County from a slate of individuals prepared by the Authority members described under items (1) through (5) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The slate of individuals described under subsection (d)(6) of this section shall be decided by a majority vote of the Authority members described under subsection (d)(1) through (5) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
