(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) "Department" means the Department of Human Services. (c) (1) "Local board" means the board of social services in a county. (2) "Local board" includes the commission of social services in Baltimore City. (d) "Local department" means: (1) a local department of social services created or continued in a county under § 3-201 of this title; or (2) in Montgomery County, the Montgomery County government. (e) "Local director" means the director of a local department. (f) "Local governing authority" means: (1) in references to executive authority: (i) the board of county commissioners of a county that does not have a charter form of government; (ii) the highest executive authority of a county that has a charter form of government; or (iii) the Mayor of Baltimore City; (2) in references to purely legislative authority: (i) the board of county commissioners of a county that does not have a charter form of government; (ii) the county council of a county that has a charter form of government; or (iii) the City Council of Baltimore City; or (3) in references to combined executive and legislative authority: (i) the board of county commissioners of a county that does not have a charter form of government; (ii) the county council and the highest executive authority of a county that has a charter form of government; or (iii) the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City. (g) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Human Services.
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