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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="21-505" title_number="21" title_name="Special Taxing Districts" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Districts for Infrastructure Improvements for Selected Counties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Unless otherwise provided in the charter, bylaws, or code of a county, before the governing body of a county enacts an ordinance or resolution that establishes a special taxing district, authorizes the issuance of bonds, or imposes ad valorem or special taxes under this subtitle, the governing body shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>hold a public hearing; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>give notice of the public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least 10 days before the date of the hearing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Before a county may establish as a special taxing district an area that is wholly or partly within a municipality or other county listed in § 21–502(a) of this subtitle, the county shall get the consent of the governing body of the municipality or another county.</text>
  </level>
</section>
