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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="25-507" title_number="25" title_name="Public Watershed Associations" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Board of Viewers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>At a hearing under § 25–506 of this subtitle:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the board of viewers and engineers shall be present; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>any person may appear in person or by counsel and object to any part of the report.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City shall consider carefully each objection presented, taking into account the apportionment of costs and benefits.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If a well founded objection can be resolved at the hearing by changing the report, the board of viewers shall make the changes necessary to treat each concerned person equitably.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>To help make a decision, the county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City may poll the landowners present who are named in the report of the board of viewers, considering the apportionment of benefits and damages.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>disapprove the report;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>return the report to the board of viewers for amendment or reconsideration in view of an objection presented; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>approve the report as submitted or as amended.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>On approval of the report by the county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City, the board of directors may install, operate, and maintain the watershed project described in the watershed work plan.</text>
  </level>
</section>
