13,439

1

name of Delegate Gullett to the sponsors?

2

THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Gullett is added to the

3

list of sponsors.

4

DELEGATE GRANT: This amendment will require a

5

little bit of history. If anyone wants to follow me in

6

detail, you can start with page 85 of the copy of the

7

Constitution.

8

Roughly, in 1954 an amendment to the Constitution

9

was adopted, Article HE, Municipal Corporations. Without

10

having to read it, it essentially consists of six sections.

11

Section 1 provided that from here on in that the General

12

Assembly would deal with municipal corporations, only by a

13

public general law. Now, the specific part of the amendment

14

speaking to that says, "but the General Assembly shall act

15

in relation to the incorporation or organization of govern-

16

ment or affairs of any municipal corporation only by general

17

law."

18

Section 2 provided for classification of muni-

19

cipalities and this section was never implemented by the

20

General Assembly, never used in Maryland.

21

Section 3 of this constitutional amendment is