(a) Purchase of property. A purchase of real property by a special community benefit district shall be authorized by a majority vote of the property owners within the special community benefit district.
(b) Insect and pest control as purpose in each district. Each special community benefit district listed in § 4-7-204 includes insect and pest control as a purpose in addition to any other purpose.
(c) Special police officers. If a special community benefit district includes a special police officer within its purpose, the officer is not an agent, servant, or employee of the County unless acting directly under the supervision of a regular full-time patrolman or officer of the Police Department. If the purpose of a district includes security patrols or the protection of community, private, or public property within a district by special policies officers, such security or protection may be provided by special police officers commissioned in accordance with the Public Safety Article of the State Code, regular police officers on secondary employment, or certified security guards employed by a security guard agency licensed by the State of Maryland.
(1985 Code, Art. 6, §§ 2-102, 2-104.1; Art. 18, § 3-101) (Bill No. 77-13)