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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="5-214" title_number="5" title_name="Powers" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Enumeration of Express Law Making Powers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Section 18–301 of this article applies to the use of federal or State financial assistance for commercial or industrial redevelopment projects.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “authority” means a commercial district management authority.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A municipality may establish an authority for any commercial district in the municipality.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For each authority established, a municipality shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>specify the membership, organization, jurisdiction, and geographical limits of the authority;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>provide financing for the authority through fees that may be charged to, or taxes that may be imposed against, any business subject to the authority’s jurisdiction; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>specify the purposes of the authority, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>promotion;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>marketing; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the provision of security, maintenance, or amenities in the district.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>An authority may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>exercise the power of eminent domain;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>purchase, sell, construct, or lease, as lessor, office or retail space; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>except as otherwise authorized by law, engage in competition with the private sector.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Any fee or tax imposed under this subsection shall be used only for the purposes stated in this subsection and may not revert to the general fund of the municipality.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
