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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="25-701" title_number="25" title_name="Public Watershed Associations" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Implementation of Plan">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The board of directors shall implement the watershed project.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The board of directors may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>hire employees;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>buy, hire, or rent machines, and buy explosives and other materials;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>award contracts;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>enter into an agreement with county, State, or federal units of government;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>acquire and hold water rights;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>plan and carry out watershed projects for storage, use, and distribution of water;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>charge for the use of water in the watershed, using the proceeds from the sale of the water to pay for water rights or to construct, maintain, repair, improve, and operate the watershed project; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>do other acts as necessary, including borrowing money, in the name of the board of directors, if the borrowing is approved by the county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The board of directors shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>keep a regular account of its income and expenses; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>report its income and expenses at the annual meetings of the watershed association and other meetings of the landowners.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
