§ 307. The Metropolitan District.

(a)

In General. The Metropolitan District, established by the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1924, Chapter 539, commonly known and hereinafter referred to as "The Metropolitan District Act," and now operating pursuant to said Act as amended, shall upon the adoption of this Charter be under the jurisdiction of the county executive and the county council instead of the county commissioners as heretofore.

(b)

Division of executive and legislative functions. The affairs of the Metropolitan District shall continue, as heretofore, to be administered as a division of the department of public works, as more particularly provided in Article V of this Charter. The county executive, or the chief engineer of the Metropolitan District acting under his authority and under the supervision of the county administrative officer, shall have in respect of the Metropolitan District all duties and powers relating to the appointment and discharge of staff, professional and clerical employees, subject, however, to the merit system provisions of Article VIII hereof, the preparation of all accounts and reports, the giving of notices, the fixing of special assessments and connection charges, and all other executive functions relating to the day-to-day administration of the affairs of the district as may be provided in the Act aforesaid. The county council shall have in respect of the Metropolitan District all duties and powers relating to the approval of extensions to the boundaries of the Metropolitan District, the issuance of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness by the district, and all other legislative functions which prior to the adoption of this Charter were vested in the county commissioners under the Act aforesaid. ( Bill No. 19-18 , § 1; approved by the voters Nov. 6, 2018; effective Dec. 6, 2018)

(c)

Compensation. The compensation provided in this Charter for the members of the county council and the county executive having taken into account the nature and extent of their respective duties under this Section, the members of the county council and the county executive shall receive no additional compensation for the performance of their duties provided herein.

(d)

Purpose of this section; rules of construction. The purpose of this section is to provide for the orderly transition of the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the county commissioners under The Metropolitan District Act to the county council and county executive under this Charter. Except for the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, nothing contained herein or elsewhere in this Charter shall be held or construed to alter or amend the provisions of The Metropolitan District Act, or to enlarge, diminish or change in any manner whatsoever the rights, duties, powers and obligations of the mayor and city council of Baltimore under and by virtue of said Act, or the rights, duties, powers and obligations of any party to any contract made pursuant thereto.