Md. Code, Local Government § 22–105

(a) Except as limited by the local law establishing the Resilience Authority

or its articles of incorporation, a Resilience Authority has all the powers under this

title.

(b) A Resilience Authority has and may exercise all powers necessary or

convenient to undertake, finance, manage, acquire, own, convey, or support resilience

infrastructure projects, including the power to:

(1) acquire by purchase, lease, or other legal means, but not by

eminent domain, property for resilience infrastructure;

(2) establish, construct, alter, improve, equip, repair, maintain,

operate, and regulate resilience infrastructure owned by the incorporating local

government or the Resilience Authority;

(3) receive money from its incorporating local government, the State,

other governmental units, or private organizations;

(4) charge and collect fees for its services;

(5) subject to the approval of the local governing body, charge and

collect fees to back its bond issuances;

(6) have employees and consultants as it considers necessary;

(7) use the services of other governmental units; and

(8) act as necessary or convenient to carry out the powers granted to

it by law.