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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="26-301" title_number="26" title_name="Public Drainage Associations" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Establishment and Organization">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On approval of the petition and report filed under Subtitle 2 of this title, the county commissioners or county council shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>establish a drainage association that is composed of the landowners; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>name the organization the “_______ Public Drainage Association”.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A drainage association created under this title is a political subdivision of the State and a body politic and corporate.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A drainage association may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>acquire, hold, and convey property;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>sue and be sued;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>adopt a seal; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>exercise corporate powers.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
