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Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions
Section 27-101 - Definitions - (a) In this title the following words have the meanings...
Section 27-102 - Scope of Title - This title does not apply to Baltimore City.
Section 27-103 - Construction of Title - This title shall be liberally construed to promote the ditching,...
Section 27-104 - Power to Establish - In response to a petition filed under § 27–201 of...
Section 27-105 - Declaration of Public Benefit - The drainage of swamps, the drainage of the surface water...
Subtitle 2 - Petition to Establish Drainage District
Section 27-201 - Petition -- Filing - A petition to establish a drainage district shall be filed...
Section 27-202 - Petition -- Contents and Signatures - (a) A petition shall: (1) state that a specific area...
Section 27-203 - Bond - (a) A bond shall be filed with a petition. (b)...
Section 27-204 - Respondents; Summonses - (a) Each landowner who has not signed the petition is...
Section 27-205 - Multiple Counties -- Jurisdiction and Venue - If the land described in the petition is located in...
Subtitle 3 - Board of Viewers
Section 27-301 - Appointment - (a) The county commissioners or county council shall appoint a...
Section 27-302 - Duties - (a) The board of viewers: (1) shall make a careful...
Section 27-303 - Consideration of Report - (a) (1) The county commissioners or county council shall review...
Section 27-304 - Powers and Duties of Board of Viewers - (a) The board of viewers may employ assistants to make...
Section 27-305 - Assessment of Damages - (a) The board of viewers shall assess the damages claimed...
Section 27-306 - Assessment of Benefits - (a) (1) The board of viewers shall examine the land...
Section 27-307 - Report to County Commissioners or County Council - The board of viewers shall report to the county commissioners...
Section 27-308 - Report to County - (a) When the final report is complete: (1) the board...
Section 27-309 - Summons of Defendant Landowners; Notice - (a) The designated officer shall summon or cause to be...
Section 27-310 - Procedure at Hearing on Report - (a) Any landowner may appear at the hearing in person...
Subtitle 4 - Board of Drainage Commissioners
Section 27-401 - Appointment - (a) After the county commissioners or county council establish a...
Section 27-402 - Incorporation - (a) The board of drainage commissioners shall organize as a...
Section 27-403 - Officers - (a) The board of drainage commissioners shall elect a chair...
Section 27-404 - Superintendent of Construction - (a) The board of drainage commissioners shall appoint a competent...
Section 27-405 - Drainage Record; Easement Record - (a) (1) The designated officer shall maintain a drainage record...
Subtitle 5 - Rights-of-Way and Condemnation
Section 27-501 - Rights-of-Way Across Land Not Affected - A drainage district may acquire a right–of–way across land that...
Section 27-502 - Condemnation for Right-of-Way - (a) The board of drainage commissioners has the power of...
Subtitle 6 - Implementation of Plan
Section 27-601 - Competitive Bidding - (a) The board of drainage commissioners: (1) shall advertise for...
Section 27-602 - Maintenance and Operation of Drainage Projects - The board of drainage commissioners shall control, supervise, and maintain...
Section 27-603 - Compensation and Expenses - (a) (1) The engineers who are appointed to the board...
Subtitle 7 - Financing
Section 27-701 - Ascertainment of Costs - (a) The board of drainage commissioners shall ascertain the total...
Section 27-702 - Exemption of Land Not Benefited - (a) A drainage district may include land that may not...
Section 27-703 - Assessments - (a) When the board of drainage commissioners has estimated the...
Section 27-704 - Assessment of Public Property or Railroad - If the board of viewers, when making the examination and...
Section 27-705 - Issuance of Bonds - (a) (1) The board of drainage commissioners shall give notice...
Section 27-706 - Assessments to Maintain and Repair Improvements - (a) (1) The board of drainage commissioners may impose an...
Section 27-707 - Assistance From Federal Government - (a) A drainage district may use any loan or other...
Section 27-708 - Drainage District Fund - (a) In this section, “Fund” means the Drainage District Fund....
Section 27-709 - Duty of County Tax Collector - The county tax collector, without an order from the board...
Section 27-710 - Security Bonds for County Tax Collectors - The official bond of the county tax collector: (1) shall...
Subtitle 8 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 27-801 - Right to Open Lateral Drains - (a) A landowner that has been assessed under this title...
Subtitle 9 - Prohibited Acts
Section 27-901 - Obstruction or Damage to Improvements - (a) A person may not damage, obstruct, or build any...
Section 27-902 - Willful Failure to Pay Bonds - (a) A county tax collector may not willfully fail to...