Terms Used In Maryland Code, STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT 5-613

  • including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. 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
The Plan shall contain recommendations concerning the need for and the proposed general location of major public works and private facilities, including utilities, flood control works, water reservoirs, pollution control facilities, and military or defense installations, that are of State, as opposed to purely local or regional, concern because of:

(1) their function, size, extent, or legal status;

(2) the fact that their authorization, location, or construction is legally under the jurisdiction of a unit of the State government; or

(3) any other reason that makes inclusion in the Plan appropriate.