# Local Government (GLG)

## Title 27. Drainage Districts

### Subtitle 4. Board of Drainage Commissioners

#### Section 27-401

(a) After the county commissioners or county council establish a drainage district, the county commissioners or county council shall appoint three landowners to be the board of drainage commissioners, subject to the written approval of a majority of landowners.

(b) A vacancy that occurs on the board of drainage commissioners shall be filled in the same manner that initial appointments are made.

#### Section 27-402

(a) The board of drainage commissioners shall organize as a corporation named "The Board of Drainage Commissioners of ..... District".

(b) A board of drainage commissioners may:

  (1) exercise corporate powers;

  (2) hold and convey property; and

  (3) sue and be sued.

(c) A board of drainage commissioners shall adopt a seal.

#### Section 27-403

(a) The board of drainage commissioners shall elect a chair and a vice chair from among its members.

(b) The board of drainage commissioners shall elect a secretary from among its members or from outside its membership.

(c) The tax collector of the county where the petition was filed shall be an ex officio member of the board of drainage commissioners.

#### Section 27-404

(a) The board of drainage commissioners shall appoint a competent superintendent of construction.

(b) The board of drainage commissioners shall determine the compensation of the superintendent of construction.

(c)

  (1) The superintendent of construction shall post a bond with the board of drainage commissioners, conditioned on honest and faithful performance.

  (2) The board of drainage commissioners shall determine the amount of the bond and approve the bond.

(d) The board of drainage commissioners may terminate the contract of the superintendent of construction whenever the board of drainage commissioners considers the services of the superintendent of construction to be no longer necessary.

#### Section 27-405

(a)

  (1) The designated officer shall maintain a drainage record in which the designated officer shall record each petition, motion, order, report, judgment, and finding of the county commissioners or county council in each drainage transaction that comes before the county commissioners or county council as to make a complete and continuous record.

  (2) Copies of all maps and profiles shall be:

    (i) furnished by the engineer;

    (ii) marked "official copies" by the designated officer;

    (iii) kept on file in the designated officer's office; and

    (iv) open to public inspection.

(b)

  (1) The board of drainage commissioners shall submit to the clerk of the appropriate circuit court an easement record listing each easement for maintenance and rights-of-way that the drainage district has on any land in the county.

  (2) The clerk shall make the easement record available for public inspection.

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