# Local Government (GLG)

## Title 26. Public Drainage Associations

### Subtitle 1. Definitions; General Provisions

#### Section 26-103

This title does not:

(1) restrict a charter county or code county from exercising a power granted under Sec. 10-321 of this article; or

(2) authorize:

  (i) the removal of a milldam;

  (ii) the interference with legal water rights of a mill; or

  (iii) the diversion of water in a manner that deprives an owner of land over which water flows of the benefits and water rights to which the owner of the land is legally entitled.

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