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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="13-604" title_number="13" title_name="Other Powers of Counties -- Regulatory" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Agriculture and Seafood Industries">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the County Council of Anne Arundel County may adopt an ordinance, a resolution, or a regulation or take any other action that the County Council considers necessary to protect a person’s right to farm or engage in agricultural or forestry operations.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Before adopting an ordinance, a resolution, or a regulation or taking any other action under subsection (a) of this section, the County Council of Anne Arundel County shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance, resolution, regulation, or action; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provide reasonable notice of the hearing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
