Maryland Code, ENVIRONMENT 14-509
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- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See - Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(a) A request for judicial review of the Secretary’s action on any application shall be made within 30 days after the decision has been rendered. Proceedings shall be filed in the circuit court of any county having jurisdiction in which the facility or any part of it is to be situated.
(b) A request for judicial review may be made only by an aggrieved party, by a properly designated official of the county government where the proposed facility is to be located, or by the Department of Planning pursuant to § 5-611 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.
(c) In order to expedite judicial review, any court of the State, either at the trial or appellate level, which acquires jurisdiction over any legal challenge to the Secretary’s action on any application shall give highest priority to such proceeding in the scheduling of appropriate hearings and trials and in the respective court’s deliberations.