2912                                County Local Laws

rejection at the next regular election held in the County. Said enactment
being Chapter 460 of the Laws of Maryland, 1968 Session, and

WHEREAS, it is considered that the 1968 Laws will cause confusion
with respect to the legislative enactment of the County Council of Prince
George's County and it is, therefore, advisable to remove from the law
that provision applicable to Prince George's County which is contained
in Article 25 of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

Section 1. Now, therefore, be it enacted by the County Council of
Prince George's County, Maryland, that Section 4B of Article 25 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume), titled "County
Commissioners," subtitled "General Provisions," be and the same is hereby
repealed in its entirety so as to strike therefrom the following:

[4B.

(a)   In Prince George's County any action having a legislative effect
and pertaining to the general public taken by the Board of County Com-
missioners except: (1) the imposition of a tax, and in the exercise of
bonding authority relating to the imposition of a tax, (2) the making of
an appropriation for the County Government or any County institution
or, (3) any action relating to zoning or to the adoption of zoning master
plans, may be petitioned by the voters of the County to be submitted for
approval or rejection by them at the next regular election held in the
County.

Such legislative actions taken or passed by the County Commissioners
of Prince George's County shall become effective 90 days after their
adoption or passage excepting that those adopted or passed by a yea or
nay vote of two-thirds of the Board of Commissioners shall become effec-
tive immediately upon passage or adoption and upon satisfying the re-
quirements of Section 4 of this article.

The referendum petitions must be filed with the Board of Supervisors
of Elections within 90 days following the adoption or passage of the legis-
lative action and must bear the signatures of at least ten percentum (10%)
of those voting for the governor in Prince George's County in the last
general election. Upon proper filing of the petition, the legislative action
shall not become effective until 30 days after its approval by a majority
of the voters voting thereon at the next regular election held in the County,
except that any legislative action adopted or passed by a two-thirds vote
of the Commissioners shall remain in force, notwithstanding the petition,
but shall stand repealed 30 days after having been rejected by a majority
of the qualified electors voting thereon.

(b)  The Board of Supervisors of Elections of Prince George's County
shall adopt rules and regulations specifying the form of the referendum
petition and the procedure for filing such form and submission of peti-
tioned legislative actions to the voters.]

Section 2. And be it further enacted that this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the preservation of the
public health and safety; it being further declared that an emergency
exists in that the provisions of the hereinbefore repealed section of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Prince George's County appears to be in
conflict with the intent and purpose of the provisions respecting the enact-
ment of legislation contained in Section 317 of the Prince George's County
Charter which therefore causes confusion in the adoption of laws to be
enacted by the Council. This Act having been passed by a yea and nay