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Art. 3] MARYLAND MANUAL 703 i SEC. 14. The General Assembly shall meet on the sec- ond Wednesday of January, nineteen hundred and seventy- one, and on the same day in every year thereafter, and at no other time, unless convened by Proclamation of the Gov- ernor. A Proclamation convening the General Assembly in extraordinary session must be issued by the Governor if a majority of the members elected to the Senate and a major- ity of the members elected to the House of Delegates join in a petition to the Governor requesting that he convene the General Assembly in extraordinary session, and the Gov- ernor shall convene the General Assembly on the date speci- fied in the petition. This section does not affect the Gov- ernor's power to convene the General Assembly in extra- ordinary session pursuant to Section 16 of Article II of this Constitution. 2 SEC. 15. (1) The General Assembly may continue its session so long as in its judgment the public interest may require, for a period not longer than ninety days in each year. The ninety days shall be consecutive unless otherwise provided by law. The General Assembly may extend its session beyond ninety days but, not exceeding an additional thirty days by resolution concurred in by a three-fifths vote of the membership in each House. When the General As- sembly is convened by Proclamation of the Governor, the session shall not continue longer than thirty days, but no additional compensation other than mileage and other allow- ances provided by law shall be paid members of the General Assembly for special session. (2) Any compensation and allowances paid to members of the General Assembly shall be as established by a com- mission known as the General Assembly Compensation Com- mission. The Commission shall consist of nine members, five of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, two of whom shall be appointed by the President of the Senate, and two of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates. Members of the General Assembly and officers and employees of the Government of the State of Maryland or of any county, city, or other governmental unit of the State shall not be eligible for appointment to the Commision. The members of the initial Commission shall be appointed within ten days after this Constitutional Amendment takes effect, and their terms shall expire May 31, 1974. Beginning June 1, 1974, members of the Commis- sion shall be appointed for terms of four years. Members 1 Thus amended by Chapter 576, Acts of 1970, ratified November 3, 1970. " Thus amended by Chapter 676, Acts of 1970, ratified November 3, 1970. |
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