§ 13-1103. Authority established

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   (a) In general. -- There is a Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, established as:

   (1) A body corporate and politic; and

   (2) An instrumentality of the State.

(b) Status. -- The Authority is an independent unit of government in the Executive Branch of government that operates in the Department of Planning.

(c) Powers. -- The exercise by the Authority of the powers conferred by this subtitle is the performance of an essential public function.

HISTORY: 1996, ch. 601, § 1; 2005, ch. 440, § 3.

                    
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