J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      477

INSURER GOVERNED BY SUBSECTION (3) OF SECTION 49
OF ARTICLE 48A.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved April 29, 1966.

CHAPTER 226
(Senate Bill 224)

AN ACT to add new Section 21A to Article 66B of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Zoning and Planning",
subtitle "Planning", subheading "Zoning", to follow immediately
after Section 21 thereof, to provide for Charles County a method
of judicial review for decisions of the County Commissioners made
after recommendations from the Planning Commission. AUTHOR-
IZE THE TAKING OF AN APPEAL FROM DECISIONS OF
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CHARLES COUNTY
FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CHARLES
COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, TO RELATE GENER-
ALLY TO THE EFFECT AND MANNER OF TAKING SUCH
APPEALS AND TO THE HEARING OF SUCH APPEALS BY
THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY. PROVIDE THAT
IN CHARLES COUNTY THE PROVISIONS OF THE ADMIN-
ISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT WILL APPLY TO ANY
ACTION TAKEN BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOL-
LOWING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CHARLES COUNTY
PLANNING COMMISSION.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 21A be and the same is hereby added to Article
66B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Zon-
ing and Planning", subtitle "Planning", subheading "Zoning", to
follow immediately after Section 21 thereof, and to read as follows:

21A. (a) In Charles County any person or persons jointly or

severally aggrieved by any decision of the County Commissioners
taken after any recommendation from the Charles County Planning
Commission, or any taxpayer, or any officer, department, commis-

sion, board or bureau of the County, may present to a court of

record a petition, duly verified, setting forth that such decision is

illegal, in whole or in part, specifying the grounds of the illegality.
Such petition shall be presented to the court REQUEST AND IT
SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TO NOTIFY THE AGGRIEVED PARTY IN WRITING OF THE
DECISION AND THE REASONS FOR ITS DECISION. THE
AGGRIEVED PARTY MAY APPEAL THEREFROM TO THE
CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY within thirty days from

the day upon which the Commissioners decided the matter from
which the appeal is taken. AN APPEAL SHALL ACT AS A STAY
OF THE ACTION OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FROM
WHICH AN APPEAL IS TAKEN.