§ 10-821

The Center may:

(1) acquire, develop, improve, manage, market, license, sublicense, maintain, lease as lessor or lessee, or operate a project in the State to carry out its purposes;

(2) acquire, directly or indirectly, from a person or governmental unit, by purchase, gift, or devise any property, rights–of–way, franchises, easements, or other interests in land, including submerged land and riparian rights:

(i) as necessary or convenient to improve or operate a project to carry out its purposes; and

(ii) on the terms and at the prices that it considers reasonable; and

(3) enter into a project with a manufacturer to carry out its purposes.