CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
		See Art. XI-C, Sec. 1 and Sec. 2 at Sec-
		tion 1.16 for the powers of the General
		Assembly by public local law to authorize
		the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
		to acquire land for offstreet parking.
		See Art. XI-D, Sec. 1 and Sec. 2 at Sec-
		tion 1.16 for the power of the General
		Assembly by public local law to authorize
		the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
		to acquire land for port development.
		Art. XI-F;, sec. 3. Except as otherwise
		provided in this Article, a code county may
		enact, amend, or repeal a public local law
		of that county, following the procedure in
		this Article.
		See Art. XI-F, Sec. 5 at Section 3.22 for
		classification of counties.
		Art. XI-F, sec. 6. A code county may
		enact, amend, or repeal a public local law
		of that county by a resolution of the board
		of county commissioners. The General As-
		sembly may amplify the provisions of this
		section by general law in any manner not
		inconsistent with this Article.
		Sec. 7. Any action of a code county in
		the enactment, amendment, or repeal of a
		public local law is subject to a referendum
		of the voters in the county, as in this section
		provided. The enactment, amendment, or
		repeal shall be effective unless a petition
		of the registered voters of the county re-
		quires that it be submitted to a referendum
		of the voters in the county. The General
		Assembly shall amplify the provisions of
		this section by general law in any manner
		not inconsistent with this Article, except
		that in any event the number pf signatures
		required on such a petition shall not be
		fewer than five percentum (5%) of the
		voters in a county registered for county
		and State elections.
		Sec. 9. A code county shall not levy
		any type of tax, license fee, franchise tax,
		or fee which was not in effect or authorized
		in the code county at the time it came
		under the provisions of this Article, until
		an express authorization of the General
		Assembly has been enacted for this pur-
		pose by a general law which in its terms
		and effect applies alike to all code counties
		in one or more of the classes provided for
		in Section 5 of this Article.

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