{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-environment-9-905","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Environment § 9–905","heading":"","body":"An authority:\n(1) Is an instrumentality that exercises public and essential government functions;\n(2) Provides for the public health and welfare; and\n(3) May acquire, hold, construct, extend, repair, improve, operate, or lease as a lessor or lessee 1 or more projects that are wholly or partly within 1 or more of the member political subdivisions.","path":["Article - Environment"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gen\u0026section=9-905","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:57:58Z","sha256":"4c89908da466605c0d32197e900280a2b823be4f1bb066e59a6c39afc34857cd","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-environment-9-903","next":"us-md/md.-code-environment-9-906"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}