Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
(a)(1) In this section, "federal project" means any federal work, improvement, or project.(2) "Federal project" includes: (ii) flood control projects; and(iii) other federal river, harbor, and navigation works and improvements.(b) This section applies to the following governmental entities:(4) special districts; and(5) any other political subdivisions.(c) A governmental entity may:(1) assist the United States or a federal agency in constructing, financing, maintaining, using, or operating a federal project, including agreeing to terms of local cooperation required by the United States or a federal agency;(2) enter into a contract with the United States or a federal agency, in the form required by the United States or federal agency, obligating the governmental entity to: (i) construct, finance, maintain, use, or operate a federal project; or(ii) arrange, contract for, or supervise the construction, financing, maintenance, use, or operation of a federal project;(3) appropriate or obligate money and obtain private loans or financing to pay for its share of the cost of a federal project;(4) accept and use federal grants or loans to assist in the construction, financing, maintenance, use, or operation of a federal project;(5) purchase or, in accordance with Title 12 of the Real Property Article, condemn land and interests in land necessary for a federal project and transfer any interest in that land to the United States or a federal agency; and(6) enter property and waters to conduct surveys, soundings, and examinations in furtherance of a federal project.Revised and recodified by 2013 Md. Laws, Ch. 119,Sec. 2, eff. 10/1/2013.