WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 262

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That:

(1) At the general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November in the year 1990 there shall be submitted to the legal and
qualified voters of this State, for their decision, the question whether there shall be
called a convention for the purpose of altering the Constitution of this State or of
framing a new Constitution, this question being submitted pursuant to the provisions of
Section 2 of Article XIV of the Constitution of Maryland.

(2) There shall be placed upon the ballots or the voting machine labels to
be used at that election in the manner prescribed by the General Election Laws of this
State the words "For a Constitutional Convention" and "Against a Constitutional
Convention," so that the voter may clearly indicate in the manner prescribed in the
General Election Laws whether he or she is for or against calling a convention for
altering the present Constitution of the State or framing a new one.

(3) The vote on the question of calling or not calling a constitutional
convention shall be received, counted, and canvassed in the manner prescribed by the
General Election Laws. The canvassing boards for the several counties and for the City
of Baltimore shall certify the vote on the question of calling a constitutional convention
to the Governor, the Secretary of State, and the State Treasurer and the State
Administrative Board of Election Laws; and the Board of State Canvassers at the time
of their meeting to make a statement of the vote cast for the candidates voted for at that
election, also shall make a statement of the vote cast on the question of calling a
constitutional convention, and shall transmit the statement to the Governor; and the
Governor, after receiving the statement, shall make a proclamation of the result of the
vote on the question of calling a constitutional convention.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That notice that the
question of calling a constitutional convention that is to be submitted to the voters shall
be given in the same manner and for the same time as is required by Section 2-10
(Notice of Elections) of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 1990.

Approved May 2, 1990.

CHAPTER 262
(Senate Bill 307)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore Goodwill Industries, Inc.

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $312,125
$312,000 the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Baltimore Goodwill Industries,

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