Md. Code, Local Government § 12–411

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the County

Commissioners of Somerset County may enter into a lease purchase agreement and

related financing agreements to obtain property for a public purpose in the county.

(2) The county commissioners shall solicit bids in at least two

newspapers of general circulation in the county before entering into a lease purchase

agreement.

(3) If the county commissioners enter into a multiyear lease purchase

agreement or related financing agreement, the agreement shall be subject to

cancellation by the county commissioners at the end of a fiscal year if sufficient money

is not appropriated to fund the agreement in the subsequent fiscal year.

(b) (1) The County Commissioners of Somerset County may sell any

interest in county surplus property by soliciting and accepting sealed bids.

(2) The county commissioners shall publish an invitation for bids at

least twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county between 10 and 90

days, inclusive, before the date set for opening bids.

(3) The county commissioners:

(i) shall open the bids in public; and

(ii) may act on the bids only during a public session of the

county commissioners.

(4) The county commissioners may reject all bids on the property if

the county commissioners determine that the highest bid does not yield a reasonable

price.

(5) If the county commissioners reject all bids, the county

commissioners:

(i) shall record the highest bid in the minutes of the public

session; and

(ii) may sell the property:

1. by republishing an invitation for sealed bids;

2. by public auction; or

3. if the property is surplus school property, in

accordance with subsection (c) of this section.

(6) The county commissioners shall adopt an ordinance or resolution

to govern the sale of property under this subsection.

(c) The County Commissioners of Somerset County may sell to a

government unit located in the county surplus school board real property:

(1) without advertising the property for sale; and

(2) after obtaining three independent appraisals.

(d) (1) The provisions of this subtitle do not apply to a sale of property

under this subsection.

(2) The County Commissioners of Somerset County may sell the

approximately 4.02 acres of property at county Tax Map 103, Grid 8, Parcel 1467

(known as Whittington Elementary School) to Shore Up Inc., under terms considered

appropriate by the county commissioners.

(3) The county commissioners may sell the following property to the

City of Crisfield under terms considered appropriate by the county commissioners:

(i) 7 North First Street, Tax Map 101, Grid 22, Parcel 757

(.073 acres);

(ii) 320–322 Locust Street, Tax Map 101, Grid 21, Parcel 810

(.158 acres);

(iii) 304 Tyler Street, Tax Map 102, Grid 11, Parcel 616 (.146

acres); and

(iv) 15 West Main Street, Tax Map 103, Grid 1, Parcel 1373

(.386 acres).

(4) The County Commissioners of Somerset County may sell the

property on Revells Neck Road, county Tax Map 32, Parcel 149 under terms

considered appropriate by the county commissioners.