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Terms Used In Maryland Code, STATE GOVERNMENT 9-2605

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
  • Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
The Corporation may:

(1) adopt an official seal;

(2) sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in its own name;

(3) maintain offices in the State;

(4) appoint museum advisory boards and other advisory boards and committees;

(5) adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business;

(6) apply for and accept grants, loans, or assistance of any character from the federal government, State government, a local government, or a private source;

(7) enter into any contract or other legal instrument;

(8) acquire, construct, develop, manage, market, reconstruct, rehabilitate, improve, maintain, equip, lease as lessor or as lessee, repair, or operate any project in the State;

(9) acquire, purchase, hold, lease as lessee, or use a franchise, patent, or license or any real, personal, mixed, tangible, or intangible property or any interest in that property, necessary or convenient for carrying out the purposes of the Corporation;

(10) sell, lease as lessor, transfer, or dispose of its property or interests in property;

(11) acquire, either directly or by or through any person, State unit, or political subdivision, by purchase or by gift or devise, any land, structure, real property, personal property, right, right-of-way, franchise, easement, or other interest in land, including land lying under water and riparian rights that the Corporation considers necessary or convenient for the construction, improvement, rehabilitation, or operation of a project, on any terms and at any price that the Corporation considers reasonable;

(12) enter with the permission of the owner on land, water, or premises for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, borings, and examinations to accomplish any purpose authorized by this subtitle;

(13) fix, revise, and collect rates, rentals, fees, and charges for the use of, or for services and facilities provided or made available by, the Corporation;

(14) (i) borrow money from any source for any corporate purpose, including working capital for its operations, reserves, or interest;

(ii) mortgage, pledge, or otherwise encumber the property and money of the Corporation; and

(iii) contract with or engage the services of any person for any financing;

(15) exercise all the corporate powers granted to Maryland corporations under the Maryland General Corporation Law; and

(16) do all things necessary and convenient to carry out the powers granted by this subtitle.