Ch. 589 2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND

particular governing body shall estimate to be a fair market value of such property,
provided that the municipal corporation shall secure the payment of any further sum
that subsequently may be awarded by a jury. This Section 40A shall not apply in
Montgomery County or any of the various municipal corporations within Cecil
County, if the property actually to be taken includes a building or buildings.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the General Assembly
determines that the amendment to the Constitution of Maryland proposed by this Act
affects only Montgomery County and that the provisions of Article XIV, Section 1 of
the Constitution concerning local approval of constitutional amendments apply.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the aforegoing section
proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of Maryland shall be submitted to the
legal and qualified voters of this State at the next general election to be held in
November, 2002 for their adoption or rejection in pursuance of directions contained in
Article XIV of the Constitution of this State. At that general election, the vote on this
proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot
there shall be printed the words "For the Constitutional Amendment" and "Against
the Constitutional Amendment," as now provided by law. Immediately after the
election, all returns shall be made to the Governor of the vote for and against the
proposed amendment, as directed by Article XIV of the Constitution, and further
proceedings had in accordance with Article XIV.

Enacted May 16, 2002.

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