{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-local-government-26-204","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Local Government § 26–204","heading":"","body":"(a) (1) The county commissioners or county council shall examine the\npetition and report at the first meeting after receiving the petition and report.\n(2) If the county commissioners or county council find the petition\nand report are not in proper form or not in compliance with the law, the petition and\nreport shall be returned to the petitioners to be corrected and resubmitted.\n(3) If the petition and report are in proper form and in compliance\nwith the law, the county commissioners or county council shall set a date for a public\nhearing on the petition and report.\n(b) (1) At least 10 days before the hearing, the county commissioners or\ncounty council shall:\n(i) publish notice of the time and place of the hearing in a\nnewspaper of general circulation in each county in the area in which the proposed\ndrainage association would be located; and\n(ii) send notice of the hearing and any later hearing to the:\n1. Department of Agriculture; and\n2. State Soil Conservation Committee in the\nDepartment of Agriculture.\n(2) The notice of the hearing shall state that a copy of the report is\navailable for inspection in the office of the designated officer.\n(c) A copy of the report shall be available for inspection in the office of the\ndesignated officer.","path":["Article - Local Government"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=glg\u0026section=26-204","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:59:58Z","sha256":"e6ee657098ec0e51a22f7969e0b397c1e80ba0535821cdf9d1acef7a8bb3075a","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-local-government-26-203","next":"us-md/md.-code-local-government-26-205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}