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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="12-410" title_number="12" title_name="Other Powers of Counties -- Generally" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Property Acquisition and Transfer">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The County Commissioners of St. Mary’s County may sell to a government unit located in the county surplus school board real property:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>without advertising the property for sale; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>after obtaining three independent appraisals.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The County Commissioners of St. Mary’s County may sell surplus county real property at a public or private sale if, subject to county procedures, the county commissioners hold a hearing on the sale and provide adequate notice of the hearing.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>By resolution, the County Commissioners of St. Mary’s County may transfer surplus real property in the county to a private nonprofit corporation in the county or to the Housing Authority of St. Mary’s County with or without consideration, if the county commissioners:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>hold a public hearing;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>at the hearing, solicit and accept comments concerning the transfer; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>at the hearing, consider issues related to the transfer that include:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>compatibility of the proposed use with the neighborhood;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>financial issues, including the ability of the proposed transferee to construct, renovate, maintain, and operate a facility on the property;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the historical significance of the property; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>unique characteristics of any structure on the property.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The notice of the public hearing shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>be published at least once each week for 2 successive weeks, with the last notice advertised at least 7 days before the date of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>include an appraisal of the property obtained by the county commissioners.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The county commissioners shall adopt regulations to implement this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
