# Local Government (GLG)

## Title 12. Other Powers of Counties -- Generally

### Subtitle 1. County Officers and Employees

#### Section 12-106

(a) This section applies to all counties except:

  (1) Anne Arundel County;

  (2) Baltimore City;

  (3) Baltimore County;

  (4) Cecil County;

  (5) Howard County;

  (6) Prince George's County;

  (7) Queen Anne's County; and

  (8) Worcester County.

(b) The provisions of Sec.Sec. 9-105 and 9-106 of this article apply to an act, an ordinance, or a resolution adopted by a commission county under this section.

(c)

  (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the governing body of a county may:

    (i) create, change, or abolish an office or a department; and

    (ii) assign additional functions to an office or a department.

  (2) The governing body of a county may not create, change, or abolish an office or a department or transfer a function of an office or department established by the Maryland Constitution, public general law, or public local law.

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Md. Code Ann., Local Gov't (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)