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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="1-706" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Limits on Competition; Franchises">
  <level label="a">
    <text>It is the policy of the State to authorize each county and municipality to displace or limit competition in the awarding of concessions on, over, or under property owned or leased by the county or municipality and in the leasing or subleasing of property owned or leased by the county or municipality to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>use its assets properly for the best public purpose;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>protect the public from unscrupulous business practices and excessive prices;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>provide maximum accessibility to public property;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>provide desirable or necessary governmental services at the lowest possible cost; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>promote the general welfare by using public property for the benefit of the residents of the county or municipality.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Notwithstanding any anticompetitive effect, a county or municipality may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>grant one or more franchises for any concession on, over, or under property owned or leased by the county or municipality on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>control prices and rates for the franchise; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>adopt rules and regulations for the operation of the franchise; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>lease or sublease publicly owned or leased real property on terms that the county or municipality determines.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
