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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="12-106" title_number="12" title_name="Other Powers of Counties -- Generally" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="County Officers and Employees">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies to all counties except:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Anne Arundel County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Baltimore City;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Baltimore County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Cecil County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Howard County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Prince George’s County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Queen Anne’s County; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Worcester County.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The provisions of §§ 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.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the governing body of a county may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>create, change, or abolish an office or a department; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>assign additional functions to an office or a department.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
