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<subtitle article="glu" title_number="23" subtitle_number="4" title_name="Subdivision" subtitle_name="Judicial Review">
  <section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="23-401" title_number="23" title_name="Subdivision" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Judicial Review">
    <level label="a">
      <level label="1">
        <text>Within 30 days after the county planning board takes final action on an application for subdivision approval, judicial review may be requested by:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>a person aggrieved by the action;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>in Montgomery County, a person or municipal corporation that appeared at the hearing in person, by attorney, or in writing; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>in Prince George’s County, a municipal corporation that appeared at the hearing in person, by attorney, or in writing.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>A petition for judicial review filed under this section may be made to the circuit court for the appropriate county.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>The court may:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>affirm or reverse the action; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>remand the action to the county planning board for further consideration.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>If a petition for judicial review is filed under this section, a copy of the petition shall be served on the county planning board in accordance with Maryland Rule 7–202(d).</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>On receiving a copy of the petition, the county planning board shall:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>promptly give notice of the petition to all parties to the proceeding before it; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>within 30 days after the filing of the petition, file with the circuit court:</text>
          <level label="1">
            <text>the originals or certified copies of all papers and evidence presented to the county planning board in the proceeding before it; and</text>
          </level>
          <level label="2">
            <text>a copy of its opinion and resolution deciding the application.</text>
          </level>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>Any party to the proceeding in the circuit court aggrieved by the judgment of the court may appeal from the judgment to the Appellate Court of Maryland.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>The review proceedings provided by this section are exclusive.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>