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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="4-104" title_number="4" title_name="In General" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “special district” means a special tax area or district, sanitary district, park or planning district, soil conservation district, or public agency exercising specific powers in a defined area that does not exercise general municipal functions.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a municipality located in a special district may not exercise, divest, or duplicate in the municipality’s corporate limits any special power or duty conferred on the special district.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subject to the consent of the special district, a municipality may, within its corporate limits, provide recreational facilities within a special district’s jurisdiction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A municipality may not exempt an area from any property tax, special benefit assessment, or service charge imposed to support a special district.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A local law conferring a special power or duty on a special district does not authorize the special district to exercise that power or perform that duty in an area where a municipality continues to exercise the power or perform the duty.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A municipality may not amend or repeal its charter or exercise its powers of annexation or incorporation as to affect the power of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning Commission, relating to zoning; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, relating to sanitation, including sewer, water, and similar facilities.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Article XI–E of the Maryland Constitution, this division, and Division I of the Land Use Article do not authorize a municipality, through procedures under this title or other changes in the municipal charter, to exercise planning authority, subdivision control, or zoning jurisdiction in a political subdivision in which a State, regional, or county unit exercises planning authority, subdivision control, or zoning jurisdiction.</text>
  </level>
</section>
