1216                               Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 363

the House of Delegates. The President of the Senate and the Speaker
of the House of Delegates shall introduce the Commission's plan as a
joint resolution to the General Assembly not later than the first day

of its regular session in the third year following the 1970 census,

and in the second year following every census thereafter, and the

Governor may call a special session for the presentation of the

Commission's plan prior to the regular session. The plan shall con-

form to Sections 2, 3 and 4 of this Article. Following each decennial

census the General Assembly may by joint resolution adopt a plan

setting forth the boundaries of the legislative districts for the
election of members of the Senate and the House of Delegates, which
plan shall conform to Sections 2, 3 and 4 of this Article. If a plan
has been adopted by the General Assembly by the fifty-fifth day after

the opening of the regular session of the General Assembly in the

third year following the 1970 census and in the second year following
every census thereafter, the plan adopted by the General Assembly
shall become law. If no plan has been adopted by the General Assem-
bly for these purposes by the fifty-fifth day after the opening of
the regular session of the General Assembly in the third year follow-

ing the 1970 census and in the second year following every census

thereafter, the Commission's plan presented to the General Assem-
bly shall become law.

Upon petition of any registered voter, the Court of Appeals shall
have original jurisdiction to review the legislative districting of the
State and may grant appropriate relief, if it finds that the districting
of the State is not consistent with requirement of either the Constitu-

tion of the United States of America, or the Constitution of Mary-

land.

Upon the adoption by the qualified voters of the State in 1972 of the
above amendments to Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this Article, any legis-
lative districting and apportionment plan submitted by the Governor
or adopted by the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of

this Section as they existed immediately prior to the adoption in

1972 of the said amendments, shall be void and of no effect. The

adoption of these amendments in 1972 does not affect the election,

tenure, powers, privileges, and duties of any member of the General

Assembly in office when these amendments become effective, for the

remainder of the term for which he was elected.

FOLLOWING EACH DECENNIAL CENSUS OF THE UNITED
STATES AND AFTER PUBLIC HEARINGS, THE GOVER-
NOR SHALL PREPARE A PLAN SETTING FORTH THE
BOUNDARIES OF THE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS FOR
ELECTING OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AND THE
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

THE GOVERNOR SHALL PRESENT THE PLAN TO THE
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE OF DELEGATES WHO SHALL INTRODUCE THE
GOVERNOR'S PLAN AS A JOINT RESOLUTION TO THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, NOT LATER THAN THE FIRST DAY
OF ITS REGULAR SESSION IN THE THIRD YEAR FOL-
LOWING THE 1970 CENSUS, AND IN THE SECOND YEAR
FOLLOWING EVERY CENSUS THEREAFTER, AND THE
GOVERNOR MAY CALL A SPECIAL SESSION FOR THE
PRESENTATION OF HIS PLAN PRIOR TO THE REGULAR