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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="21-601" title_number="21" title_name="Special Taxing Districts" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Stormwater Management Districts -- Montgomery and Prince George's Counties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Bond” means a bond, note, or other evidence of obligation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Commission” means the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Sanitary district” has the meaning stated in § 16–101 of the Public Utilities Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“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.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Stormwater management” includes floodproofing, flood control, and navigation programs.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In Prince George’s County, “stormwater management” also means the protection, conservation, regulation, creation, and acquisition of property described in §§ 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.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Stormwater management district” means a stormwater management district authorized under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
