The book’s seven chapters cover:
(1) An overview of the basic units of local government.
(2) Elected and appointed public officials and employees.
(3) The various powers granted to counties, municipalities and the state, and limitations on the exercise of those powers.
(4) The power to contract and the state and local laws associated with public contracting.
(5) Tort and civil rights liability, along with state and federal immunity doctrines.
(6) Local government’s power to acquire, own and dispose of property.
(7) State regulation of local government via three laws: the Maryland Public Information Act; the Maryland Open Meetings Act (or "Sunshine Law"); and the Maryland Ethics Law.

This book includes histories of the development and creation of Maryland’s counties, as well as Maryland’s incorporated municipalities. It also includes tables of authorities and cases, as well as an index.

$149
Inv. #1725-98
Pub date: 1998
Pages: 345

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