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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="25-403" title_number="25" title_name="Public Watershed Associations" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Watershed Work Plan">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On completion of the watershed work plan, or on the acceptance of a previously completed watershed work plan, the board of directors shall call a meeting of the landowners to vote on the adoption of the plan for submission to the county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At least 10 days before the meeting, the board of directors shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>post a notice of the meeting in four public places in the area or vicinity of the area affected by the watershed association; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>mail a notice to each landowner.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The notice shall state the time, place, and purpose of the meeting.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>At the meeting required under subsection (a) of this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>each landowner is entitled to one vote; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>any landowner may vote by proxy if the proxy is dated, signed by the individual entitled to vote, and witnessed by at least one individual.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The board of directors shall determine whether to submit the watershed work plan to the county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City for review and approval.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In making the determination, the board of directors shall consider:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the vote of each landowner;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the probable apportionment of benefits to each landowner based on acreage;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the location of the watershed project; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the extent of the benefits to the voter’s land by the watershed project.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
