Ch. 492 LAWS OF MARYLAND

COMMISSIONERS AS THE COMMISSIONERS DEEM DESIRABLE TO BE
INCLUDED IN THE SUPPLEMENT.

CHAPTER 27
COMMISSIONERS, COUNTY

27-1. NUMBER OF COMMISSIONERS DESIGNATED; TERMS.

A. THERE SHALL BE FIVE (5) COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR
CHARLES COUNTY, FOUR (4) OF WHOM SHALL BE ELECTED AT-LARGE,
WITH ONE (1) EACH RESIDING IN EACH OF THE FOUR (4) COUNTY
COMMISSIONER DISTRICTS OF THE COUNTY. THE FIFTH SHALL, HOLD
THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, MAY
RESIDE IN ANY AREA OF THE COUNTY AND SHALL BE ELECTED
AT-LARGE. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL BE ELECTED AT THE
GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN 1962 AND EVERY FOUR (4) YEARS
THEREAFTER, FOR TERMS OF FOUR (4) YEARS. THE TERM OF THE
COMMISSIONERS SHALL BEGIN ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF DECEMBER
FOLLOWING THE GENERAL ELECTION OR AS SOON AFTERWARDS AS
CERTIFIED BY THE GOVERNOR.

B. DISTRICTING BOARD.

(1) NOT LATER THAN JANUARY 1, 1989, THE CHARLES COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS AND THE 28TH DISTRICT LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION
SHALL APPOINT A FIVE-MEMBER DISTRICTING BOARD.

(2) THE DISTRICTING BOARD SHALL BE COMPOSED OF ONE (1)
APPOINTEE OF EACH COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND TWO (2) APPOINTEES
OF THE 28TH DISTRICT LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION. NONE SHALL BE
EMPLOYEES OF THE COUNTY. THE DISTRICTING BOARD SHALL
CONVENE NOT LATER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER APPOINTMENT TO
ORGANIZE AND ELECT A CHAIRMAN FROM AMONG ITS MEMBERS.

(3) BY JULY 1, 1989, THE DISTRICTING BOARD SHALL
ESTABLISH THE TENTATIVE BOUNDARIES OF THE FOUR (4)
COMMISSIONER DISTRICTS AFTER DUE CONSIDERATION AND
INVESTIGATION WITHIN REASONABLE AND LAWFUL GUIDELINES. THE
DISTRICTING BOARD SHALL GIVE PRIORITY CONSIDERATION TO
ELECTION DISTRICT LINES, AS WELL AS TO DEMOGRAPHICS AND
GEOGRAPHY. THE DISTRICTING BOARD SET AND CONDUCT PUBLIC
HEARINGS IN EACH OF THE PROPOSED FOUR (4) COMMISSIONER
DISTRICTS AFTER TENTATIVE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES HAVE BEEN
DRAWN AND DEFINED. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS GIVING TIME,
DATE, AND PLACE SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN TWO (2) COUNTY
NEWSPAPERS TEN (10) DAYS PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. AFTER
ALL PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD AND A FINAL DRAFT OF THE
DISTRICTING PLAN HAS BEEN COMPLETED, THE DISTRICTING BOARD
SHALL SUBMIT THE DISTRICTING PLAN TO THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS NOT LATER THAN DECEMBER 1, 1989. THIS PLAN SHALL

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