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<section article="ghu" article_name="Human Services" number="3-201" title_number="3" title_name="Local Departments of Social Services" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection does not apply in Montgomery County.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Department shall create or continue a local department in each county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A local department shall be referred to as the department of social services preceded by the name of the county.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a local department shall have a local board and a local director appointed in accordance with this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In Baltimore City, the local department shall have a commission of social services.</text>
  </level>
</section>
