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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="5-606" title_number="5" title_name="State Planning" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="State Development Plan">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Plan may not be used to deny:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a State–issued permit; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>State funding:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>mandated by statute or regulation; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>provided for in the State operating budget or capital budget.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Plan does not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>supersede any State statute or regulation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>supersede any local ordinance or regulation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>affect the delegation of planning and zoning powers granted by the State to local jurisdictions under Division II, Title 9, Subtitles 2 or 3, Title 10, or Title 11 of the Local Government Article and Division I of the Land Use Article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>overturn or prevent a decision of a local jurisdiction to fund a project.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Plan may not require a local government to change or alter a local ordinance, regulation, or comprehensive plan.</text>
  </level>
</section>
