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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="26-509" title_number="26" title_name="Public Drainage Associations" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Board of Viewers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>At a hearing under § 26–508 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 or county council shall consider carefully each objection presented under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If possible at the hearing, the board of viewers may make changes to the report necessary to treat each concerned person equitably.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The county commissioners or county council 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="e">
    <text>On approval of the report by the county commissioners or county council, the board of managers may install, operate, and maintain the drainage project described in the report.</text>
  </level>
</section>
