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MARYLAND MANUAL 676
public local laws; relating generally to powers of home
rule for the counties here defined as "code counties"; and
submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the
State for adoption or rejection.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, (three-fifths of all the members elected to each
of the two Houses concurring), That Article 11F be and it
is hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of
Maryland, title "Home Rule for Code Counties," to follow
immediately after Article I IE thereof, the same if adopted
by the legal and qualified voters of the State as herein pro-
vided to become a part of the Constitution of Maryland.
Article 11F
Home Rule for Code Counties
Section 1. For the purposes of this Article, (1) "code
county" means a county which is not a charter county under
Article 11 A of this Constitution and has adopted the op-
tional powers of home rule provided under this Article;
and (2) "public local law" means a law applicable to the
incorporation, organization, or government of a code county
and, contained in the county's code of public local laws; but
this latter term specifically does not include (i) the charters
of municipal corporations under Article 11E of this Consti-
tution, (ii) the laws or charters of counties under Article
11 A of this Constitution, (iii) laws, whether or not State-
wide in application, in the code of public general laws, (iv)
laws which apply to more than one county, and (v) ordi-
nances and resolutions of the county government enacted
under public local laws.
Section 2. The governing body of any county, BY A
VOTE OF AT LEAST TWO-THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS
ELECTED THERETO, may propose by resolution that the
county become a code county and be governed by the provi-
sions of this Article. Upon the adoption of such a resolution,
it shall be certified to the Board of Supervisors of Elections
in the county, which Board (pursuant to the election laws
of the State) shall submit to the voters of the county at the
next ensuing general election the question whether the reso-
lution shall be approved or rejected. If in the referendum
a majority of those persons voting on this question vote for
the resolution, the resolution is approved, and the county
shall become a code county under the provisions of this
Article, on the thirtieth day after the election. If in the
referendum a majority of those persons voting on this ques-

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