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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="1-206" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “planning commission” includes a planning commission or board established under:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Title 2 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Division II of this article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Title 10 of the Local Government Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Within 6 months after appointment to a planning commission, a member shall complete an education course that includes education on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the role of the comprehensive plan;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if applicable, proper standards for special exceptions and variances; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the local jurisdiction’s local laws and regulations relating to zoning, planned development, subdivision, and other land use matters.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The failure of a member to complete an education course under this subsection may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>invalidate a decision of the planning commission; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>be construed to create a private cause of action by any person.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “board of appeals” includes a board of appeals established under:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Title 4, Subtitle 3 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>§ 10–403 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Division II of this article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Title 10 of the Local Government Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Within 6 months after appointment to a board of appeals, a member shall complete an education course that includes education on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the role of the comprehensive plan;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>proper standards for special exceptions and variances; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the local jurisdiction’s local laws and regulations relating to zoning, planned development, subdivision, and other land use matters.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The failure of a member to complete an education course under this subsection may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>invalidate a decision of the board; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>be construed to create a private cause of action by any person.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
