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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="6-301" title_number="6" title_name="Ports" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Acquisition and Operation of Port Facilities">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the provisions of this subtitle, the Administration may acquire in its own name, by purchase or by condemnation, any property, including any public land, land lying under water, or riparian right, necessary or convenient to construct or operate any project.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any condemnation proceedings under this section shall be conducted under Title 12 of the Real Property Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Administration may not condemn any property unless the property is located entirely within the territorial jurisdiction of the Administration.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Administration may not condemn any property that belongs to a public service company subject to Division I of the Public Utilities Article, if the property is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Devoted to public use; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Reasonably necessary for future public use by the public service company.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
