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[president] PRESIDENT of the Senate and Speaker of the
House of Delegates who shall introduce the Governor's
plan as a joint resolution to the General Assembly, not
later than the first day of its regular session [in the
third year following the 1970 census, and] in the second
year following every census [thereafter ], and the
Governor may call a special session for the presentation
of his plan prior to the regular session. The plan shall
conform to Sections 2, 3 and 4 of this Article.
Following each decennial census the General Assembly may
by joint resolution adopt a plan setting forth the
boundaries of the legislative districts for the election
of members of the Senate and the House of Delegates,
which plan shall conform to Sections 2, 3 and 4 of this
Article. If a plan has been adopted by the General
Assembly by the 45th day after the opening of the regular
session of the General Assembly in the [third year
following the 1970 census and in the] second year
following every census [thereafter], the plan adopted by
the General Assembly shall become law. If no plan has
been adopted by the General Assembly for these purposes
by the 45th day after the opening of the regular session
of the General Assembly in the [third year following the
1970 census and in the] second year following every
census [thereafter], the Governor's plan presented to the
General Assembly shall become law.
Open petition of any registered voter, the Court of
Appeals shall have original jurisdiction to review the
legislative districting of the State and may grant
appropriate relief, if it finds that the districting of
the State is not consistent with reguirements of either
the Constitution of the United States of America, or the
Constitution of Maryland.
£ Upon the adoption fcy the qualified voters of the
State in 1972 of the above amendments to Sections 2, 3, U
and 5 of this Article, any legislative districting and
apportionment plan submitted by the Governor or adopted
by the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of
this section as they existed immediately prior to the
adoption in 1972 of the said amendments, shall be void
and of no etfect provided that any plan adopted by the
General Assembly prior to the first day of the regular
session of 1973 in conformity with Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5
of this Article, as amended in 1972, shall not te void,
but shall become law immediately upcn the adoption of the
amendment. The adoption of these anemdnents in 1972 does
net affect the election, tenure, powers, privileges, and
duties of any member of the General Assembly in office
when these amendments become effective, for the remamender
of the term for which he was elected. ]
6.
A member of the General Assembly shall be elected by
the registered voters of the legislative of DELEGATE
district from which he seeks election, to serve for a
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