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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

municipalities subject to the provisions of Article
XI-E of the State Constitution which operate and
maintain their own road or street system.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Section 718 (i) be, and it is hereby added to the
Charter of Anne Arundel County, Article VII,
"Budgetary and Fiscal Procedures", to follow
immediately after Section 718 (h) thereof, and to read
as follows:

Section 718

(I) TAXES AND BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS MAY BE LEVIED
WITHIN SPECIAL DISTRICTS CREATED BY ORDINANCE FOR THE
PURPOSE OF RECONSTRUCTING AND IMPROVING EXISTING
[[SUBSTANDARD]] ROADS [[TO THEN CURRENT COUNTY
STANDARDS ]].

SECTION 3. 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 4. 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
Charter of Anne Arundel County and at the said general
election, the vote on the said proposed amendment to
the Charter shall be by ballot; and upon each ballot
there shall be printed the words "For the Charter
Amendment" and "Against the Charter Amendment". If a
majority of the votes cast in said election shall be
in favor of the proposed amendment, such amendment
shall stand adopted from and after the thirtieth
(30th) day following said election; but if a majority
of the votes cast in the election shall be against the
proposed amendment, then the provisions of this
Ordinance shall be null and void and of no effect.

FAILED AT THE GENERAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 7, 1972