CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	CONSTITUTION OF 1867	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
	law which is special or local in its terms
	or effect within a code county. The General
	Assembly may enact, amend, or repeal
	public local laws applicable to code coun-
	ties only by general enactments which in
	term and effect apply alike to all code
	counties in one or more of the classes
	provided for in Section 5 of this Article:
	Sec. 5. The General Assembly, by Law,	See Sections 7.01-7.04, beginning at p. 89. See
	shall classify all code counties by grouping	also Section 3.22, General Application of
	them into not more than four classes based	Laws, p. 31.
	either upon population as determined in
	the most recent Federal or State census
	or upon such other criteria as determined
	by the General Assembly to be appropriate.
	Not more than one such grouping of code
	counties into four (or fewer) classes may
	be in effect at any one time, and the enact-
	ment of any grouping of code counties into
	four (or fewer) classes repeals any other
	such grouping then in effect. Code counties
	may be classified only as provided in this
	section.
	Sec. 6. A code county may enact, amend,	See Sections 7.01-7.04, beginning at p. 89.
	or repeal a public local law of that county
	by a resolution of the board of county
	commissioners. The General Assembly may
	amplify the provisions of this section by
	general law in any manner not inconsistent
	with this Article.
	Sec. 7. Any action of a code county in	See Sections 7.01-7.04, beginning at p. 89.
	the enactment, amendment, or repeal of a
	public 'local law is subject to a referendum
	of the voters in the county, as in this section
	provided. The enactment, amendment, or
	repeal shall be effective unless a petition
	of the registered voters of the county re-
	quires that it be submitted to a referendum
	of the voters in the county. The General
	Assembly shall amplify the provisions of
	this section by general law in any manner
	not inconsistent with this Article, except
	that in any event the number of signatures
	required on such a petition shall not be
	fewer than five percentum (5%) of the
	voters in a county registered for county
	and State elections.
	Sec. 8. Notwithstanding any other pro-	See Section 7.10, Credit Limitations on Local
	visions of this Article, the General Assembly	Governments, p. 43.
	has exclusive power to enact, amend, or
	repeal any local law for a code county which
	(1) authorizes or places a maximum limit
	upon the rate of property taxes which may
	be imposed by the code county; or (2)

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