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Maryland Manual, 1969-70
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Art. 11-F] MARYLAND MANUAL 653
time, and the enactment of any grouping of code counties
into four (or fewer) classes repeals any other such group-
ing then in effect. Code counties may be classified only as
provided in this section.
SEC. 6. A code county may enact, amend, 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 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 requires 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 provisions of this
Article, the General Assembly 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) authorizes or regulates the maximum amount of
indebtedness which may be incurred by the code county.
Public local laws enacted by the General Assembly under
this section prevail over any public local laws enacted by
the code county under other sections in this Article.
SEC. 9. A code county shall not levy any type of tax,
license fee, franchise tax, or fee which was not in effect or
authorized in the code county at the time it came under
the provisions of this Article, until an express authorization
of the General Assembly has been enacted for this purpose
by a general law which in its terms and effect applies alike
to all code counties in one or more of the classes provided
for in Section 5 of this Article.
SEC. 10. All laws enacted by the General Assembly and
in effect when this Article was added to the Constitution
shall remain in effect until amended or repealed under this
Constitution. Every public local law enacted, amended, or
repealed by a county under the provisions of this Article

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