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to a member thirty (30) days in advance of such action, may remove
any member other than the ex officio members for inefficiency, ne-
glect, or misconduct. Any member so notified shall be entitled to a
hearing before the Governor, provided that request for a hearing
be made in writing to the Governor not later than ten (10) days
after receipt of the notice. In the event [or] of removal the Gov-
ernor shall promptly appoint a successor.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved April 11, 1972.

CHAPTER 33

(Senate Bill 244)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 9 (c)
of Article 23A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Supple-
ment), title "Corporations—Municipal," subtitle "Home Rule,"
subheading "Definitions and Limitations," correcting certain errors
in the laws relating to municipal corporations and clarifying the
language therein.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 9 (c) of Article 23A of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Supplement), title "Corporations—Municipal," subtitle "Home
Rule," subheading "Definitions and Limitations," be and the same
is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

9.

(c) No municipal corporation which is subject to the provisions
of Article 11E shall so amend its charter or exercise its powers of
annexation, incorporation or repeal of charter as to affect or impair
in any respect the powers relating to sanitation, including sewer,
water and similar facilities, and zoning, of the Washington Subur-
ban Sanitary Commission or of the Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission. Except that where any area is annexed
to a municipality authorized to have and having then a planning and
zoning authority, the [said] municipality shall have exclusive jur-
isdiction over planning and zoning within the area annexed; provided
nothing in this exception shall be construed or interpreted to grant
planning and zoning authority to a municipality not authorized
to exercise [such] that authority at the time of such annexation;
and further provided, that no municipality annexing land may for
a period of five years following annexation, place [such] that land
in a zoning classification which permits a land use substantially
different from the use for [such] the land specified in the current
and duly adopted master plan or [plan] plans of the county or
agency having planning and zoning jurisdiction over [such] the
land prior to its annexation.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved April 11, 1972.