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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="5-106" title_number="5" title_name="Powers" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="In General">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “conservation area” means an area in a municipality that the legislative body of the municipality finds to be so affected by blight and community or property deterioration as to require comprehensive renovation and rehabilitation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not apply to or affect:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Anne Arundel County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Calvert County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Howard County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Kent County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Somerset County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Wicomico County; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Worcester County.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The legislative body of a municipality may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>establish and define the boundaries of a conservation area in the municipality; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>establish and vest in any unit of the municipality, for a period not exceeding 5 years, exclusive jurisdiction or authority to enforce in the conservation area the laws, ordinances, codes, rules, and regulations the legislative body of the municipality considers expedient.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>This section does not authorize a unit of the municipality established under subsection (c) of this section to interfere with the powers of a law enforcement authority in a municipality.</text>
  </level>
</section>
