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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

County, Maryland, by repealing and re-enacting,
with amendments, Section 205 thereof, Article II,
"The County Council", to specify the period of
time for which a person must be registered in a
political party in order to succeed to a vacant
County Council seat, and matters generally
related thereto; and to submit said amendment to
the qualified voters of Anne Arundel County,
Maryland, for their adoption or rejection.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL
OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND, That Section 205,
Article II, "The County Council" of the Charter of
Anne Arundel County, Maryland, be, and it is hereby
repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

Section 205. Vacancies

A vacancy occuring in the office of Council
member prior to the expiration of his term shall be
filled within thirty days after the vacancy occurs by
a majority vote of the remaining members of the County
Council. The member so elected shall [belong to] BE
REGISTERED IN the same political party AS HIS
PREDECESSOR (unless his predecessor was not a member
of a political party) BOTH FOR THE TWELVE (12) MONTH
PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO SAID ELECTION AND ALSO AT
THE TIME OF THE MOST RECENT GENERAL OR SPECIAL
ELECTION [to which the previous member belonged]. The
member so elected shall reside in the same
councilmanic district as his predecessor and shall
serve the unexpired term of his predecessor and until
his successor shall qualify.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if
any provision of this ordinance or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid
for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the
other provisions or any other application, and to this
end, all the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
declared to be severable.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That at
the next general election to be held in this State on
November 7, 1972, the foregoing section hereby
proposed as an amendment to the Charter of Anne
Arundel County, shall be submitted to the legal and
qualified voters of Anne Arundel County for their
adoption or rejection pursuant to Section 1202 of the