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recommendations to this Convention, from the Local Govern-

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ment Committee came seven substantive recommendations.

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One of those, and I refer to page 22 of the blue book that

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we have looked at so many times, and direct your attention

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to Section 48, where it reads as follows: "The General

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Assembly shall be prohibited from enacting public local

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laws".

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Now, if you refer back to the section that we

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have under consideration, Section 3.22, there are eight

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exceptions permitting local laws contained therein. Thus

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are laid the tracks whereby the General Assembly travels

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right straight down the avenue of local laws.

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We took some action when we voted upon Amendment

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16A, that was referred to as the Clagett Amendment, so

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called, to remove some of the grease off of thought tracks

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and to put some sand upon those tracks.

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However, we have not changed the level of those

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tracks, which is down grade. What this amendment does is

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to ask that you level those tracks. It will not have the

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effect of changing to an upgrade, but it will level those

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tracks whereby in this area if you refer to general provisions.