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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="15-305" title_number="15" title_name="Commission" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Intergovernmental Cooperation">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The conditions and limitations established in this section apply to contracts or amendments to contracts entered into under this subtitle to acquire parkland in the metropolitan district in accordance with § 1(a) and (b) of the Capper–Cramton Act, Public Law 71–284, 46 Stat. 482.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the Commission may amend a contract.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An amendment to a contract shall be ratified by the appropriate county council before the amendment becomes binding on the State, the Commission, or the county.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission may enter into a contract with a governmental unit to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>adopt a general or revised plan for the acquisition of parklands in the metropolitan district; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>specify the method to finance the acquisition.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The appropriate county council shall ratify a contract before the contract becomes binding on the State, the Commission, or the county.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission may enter into a supplemental agreement to a contract or amendment to a contract with a governmental unit in accordance with this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A supplemental agreement shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>be for the acquisition of specific units of land in the metropolitan district that comprise portions of the general park plan adopted in the contract or amendment to the contract; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>specify the financing for the acquisition.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A supplemental agreement for a specific unit of land located in Montgomery County or Prince George’s County shall be submitted to the appropriate county council for ratification.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The appropriate county council shall ratify a supplemental agreement if the county finds that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the boundaries of the unit of land to be acquired under the supplemental agreement are in the general park plan adopted by the contract or amendment that the agreement supplements; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the proceeds from the taxes authorized under the supplemental agreement will allow the Commission to satisfy the obligations of the supplemental agreement, including any interest.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>In determining whether the Commission will be able to meet an obligation with the proceeds of the taxes authorized under the supplemental agreement, the appropriate county council shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>compute the proceeds on the assessable basis of the parts of the metropolitan district lying in the county for the fiscal year in which approval is sought; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>assume that the entire tax imposed will be collected so long as there is an outstanding and unpaid obligation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The appropriate county council may ratify the supplemental agreement by simple resolution authorizing the chair of the county council to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>endorse the supplemental agreement; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>execute a guarantee in accordance with this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Ratification by the Montgomery County Council is not necessary to approve:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>contracts or amendments that are not related to the acquisition of a specific unit of parkland; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>supplemental agreements to contracts related only to the acquisition of specific units of parkland.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
