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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="13-217" title_number="13" title_name="Militia" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department may sell an armory that is superfluous to the Department’s requirements if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Department has complied with § 5–310 of the State Finance and Procurement Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Department of Planning has determined that no unit of State government is interested in the property under § 5–310(b)(2) of the State Finance and Procurement Article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Board of Public Works has approved the sale.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The county or municipal corporation in which the armory is located has the right of first refusal to purchase the armory.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the county or municipal corporation declines to purchase the property, the Department shall sell the property at public sale for the highest cash price obtainable.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The proceeds of a sale shall be placed in the Annuity Bond Fund under § 8–132 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
