Md. Code Ann., Fin. Inst. § 13-1103
Maryland Heritage Areas Authority
Effective Oct 1, 2005Added by Acts 1996, c. 601, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1996. Amended by Acts 2005, c. 440, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2005.State of Maryland
(a) There is a Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, established as:
- (1) A body corporate and politic; and
- (2) An instrumentality of the State.
- (b) The Authority is an independent unit of government in the Executive Branch of government that operates in the Department of Planning.
- (c) The exercise by the Authority of the powers conferred by this subtitle is the performance of an essential public function.
Added by Acts 1996, c. 601, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1996. Amended by Acts 2005, c. 440, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2005.