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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 80

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any
provision of this subheading, or the application thereof
to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the
remainder of the subheading and the application of such
provision to persons or circumstances other than those as
to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected
thereby. The powers conferred by this subheading shall
be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred
by any other law.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved April 1, 1976.

CHAPTER 81

(House Bill 683)

AN ACT concerning

Kent County - Urban Renewal in Betterton

FOR the purpose of authorizing the municipal corporation
of Betterton in Kent County to undertake by
appropriate legislative action an urban renewal and
redevelopment program; defining certain terms;
specifying certain powers of Betterton with regard
to urban renewal projects; establishing an urban
renewal agency; providing for the preparation and
approval of a plan for an urban renewal project;
providing for the disposal of property in an urban
renewal area; granting certain powers of eminent
domain; encouraging certain private enterprise;
providing for general obligation and revenue bonds;
and establishing a short title.

BY adding to

The Public Local Laws of Kent County

Section 97A through 97M, inclusive, to be under the

new subheading "Redevelopment — Urban

Renewal"
Article 15 — Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1968 Edition and 1975 Supplement, as amended)

Preamble

WHEREAS, It is hereby found and declared that there
exist in Betterton, Maryland areas or conditions which
require redevelopment, renewal, or rehabilitation with
the aid and assistance of Federal and other Government