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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="18-203" title_number="18" title_name="Local Economic Development" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Ocean City Convention Center">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Mayor and City Council of Ocean City may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>employ and set the salaries for a Convention Center manager and other necessary personnel;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>accept donations or grants for the maintenance and operation of the Convention Center;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>receive aid for the Convention Center from the federal government, the State, counties, or municipalities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>set reasonable fees for the use of the Convention Center facilities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>grant, on the basis of competitive bidding, concessions on the premises of the Convention Center for the sale of food or beverages, including, subject to the Alcoholic Beverages Article, alcoholic beverages; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>perform any act necessary to operate the Convention Center.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Mayor and City Council of Ocean City shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>keep records of the Convention Center consistent with sound business practice;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>conduct an audit of the accounts of the Convention Center at the end of each calendar or fiscal year; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>submit to the Board of Public Works a detailed annual report on the activities and finances of the Convention Center.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
