# Local Government (GLG)

## Title 21. Special Taxing Districts

### Subtitle 6. Stormwater Management Districts -- Montgomery and Prince George's Counties

#### Section 21-601

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Bond" means a bond, note, or other evidence of obligation.

(c) "Commission" means the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission.

(d) "Sanitary district" has the meaning stated in Sec. 16-101 of the Public Utilities Article.

(e)

  (1) "Stormwater management" means the planning, designing, acquisition, construction, demolition, maintenance, and operation of facilities, practices, and programs for the control and disposition of storm and surface water.

  (2) "Stormwater management" includes floodproofing, flood control, and navigation programs.

  (3) In Prince George's County, "stormwater management" also means the protection, conservation, regulation, creation, and acquisition of property described in Sec.Sec. 5-901(g) and 16-101(l) of the Environment Article, consistent with federal and State laws and regulations on the subject of nontidal and private wetlands.

(f) "Stormwater management district" means a stormwater management district authorized under this subtitle.

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Md. Code Ann., Local Gov't (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)