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<subtitle article="glg" title_number="12" subtitle_number="7" title_name="Other Powers of Counties -- Generally" subtitle_name="Federally Assisted Watershed Projects">
  <section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="12-701" title_number="12" title_name="Other Powers of Counties -- Generally" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Federally Assisted Watershed Projects">
    <level label="a">
      <text>In this section, “Act” means the federal Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act.</text>
    </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">
      <text>The governing body of a county may:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>carry out, construct, operate, and maintain any works of improvement in watershed or subwatershed areas qualifying for federal assistance under the Act for:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>flood prevention; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>the conservation, development, use, and disposal of water;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>satisfy the conditions for federal assistance required under the Act;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>accept federal grants and technical assistance in accordance with the Act;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <level label="i">
          <text>borrow federal money in accordance with the Act for works of improvement identified under item (1) of this subsection; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>notwithstanding any public general law or public local law, evidence the borrowing by issuing instruments that are acceptable to the United States or any of its agencies; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="5">
        <text>borrow money from private lending institutions and evidence the borrowing by issuing instruments in accordance with Title 19, Subtitle 2 of this article, the county charter, or local laws.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>