SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                      1513

Acts, and the validity of said bonds is hereby ratified, confirmed and
approved. This Act, being necessary for the welfare of the in-
habitants of Prince George's County, shall be liberally construed to
effect the purposes hereof. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent
with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed to the extent
of such inconsistency.

Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1968.

Approved May 7, 1968.

CHAPTER 739
(House Bill 951)

AN ACT to repeal Section 61A-4(g) of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Prince George's County (1967 Supplement, being Article
17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Prince
George's County," subtitle "Public Officials," to enact new Section
61A-4(g) in lieu thereof, to stand in the place of the section re-
pealed and to be under the new subheading "Communications
"EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS with public officials," relating
generally to EX PARTE communications with public officials and
the recordation of such communications.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 61A-4(g) of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince
George's County (1967 Supplement, being Article 17 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Prince George's County,"
subtitle "Public Officials," be and is hereby repealed in its entirety,
and that new Section 61A-4(g) be and is hereby enacted in lieu
thereof, to stand in the place and stead of the section so repealed,
and to be under the new subheading "Communications "EX PARTE
COMMUNICATIONS with public officials," and to read as follows:

61A-4.

(g) Communications EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS with
public officials. When a public official shall receive any EX PARTE
communication dealing with the merits of a case wherein that official's
determination or decision is required by law to be made only after
a public hearing for interested parties, and if the communication be
oral, the substance of such communication shall be duly noted for the
purposes of the record, and if such communication be in writing,
then the entire writing shall be placed upon the record.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved May 7, 1968.