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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="27-303" title_number="27" title_name="Drainage Districts" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Board of Viewers">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The county commissioners or county council shall review the report required under § 27–302 of this subtitle at its first meeting after receiving the report.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The board of viewers shall be present at the meeting.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The county commissioners or county council shall dismiss a petition filed under § 27–201 of this title at the cost of the petitioners if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the board of viewers finds that the drainage:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is not practicable;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>will not benefit the public health or any public highway; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>does not promote the general welfare of the community; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the county commissioners or county council approve the finding.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the finding of the board of viewers is favorable to the drainage project and the county commissioners or county council support the finding after hearing all of the evidence, the county commissioners or county council shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>make any necessary recommendations to the board of viewers;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>direct the board of viewers to make a complete survey, plans and specifications, and an estimate of cost for any tile, drain, levee, or other improvement; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>specify a time when the board of viewers shall file a final report, not to exceed 60 days, unless extended by the county commissioners or county council in writing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
