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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

TEENTH, AND FOURTEENTH
PRECINCTS OF THE SIXTH DISTRICT
(SPAULDINGS)

SECTION 305. REDISTRICTING PROCEDURE. THE
BOUNDARIES OF COUNCILMANIC DISTRICTS SHALL BE
REESTABLISHED IN 1972 AND EVERY TENTH YEAR THEREAFTER.
WHENEVER DISTRICT BOUNDARIES ARE TO BE REESTABLISHED
THE COUNCIL SHALL APPOINT, NOT LATER THAN FEBRUARY 15
OF THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE YEAR IN WHICH REDISTRICTING
IS TO BE EFFECTIVE, A COMMISSION ON REDISTRICTING,
COMPOSED OF TWO MEMBERS FROM EACH POLITICAL PARTY
CHOSEN FROM A LIST Or FIVE NAMES SUBMITTED BY THE
CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF EACH POLITICAL PARTY WHICH POLLED
AT LEAST FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE TOTAL VOTE CAST FOR
ALL CANDIDATES FOP THE COUNCIL IN THE IMMEDIATELY
PRECEDING REGULAR ELECTION. THE COUNCIL SHALL APPOINT
ONE ADDITIONAL MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION. THE
COMMISSION SHALL, AT ITS FIRST MEETING, SELECT ONE OF
ITS MEMBERS TO SERVE AS CHAIRMAN. NO PERSON SHALL BE
ELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE COMMISSION IF HE HOLDS
ANY ELECTED OFFICE. BY OCTOBER 1 OF THE YEAR PRIOR TO
THE YEAR IN WHICH REDISTRICTING IS TO BE EFFECTIVE,
THE COMMISSION SHALL PREPARE, PUBLISH, AND MAKE
AVAILABLE A PLAN OF COUNCILMANIC DISTRICTS AND SHALL
PRESENT THAT PLAN, TOGETHER WITH A REPORT EXPLAINING
IT, TO THE COUNCIL. THE PLAN SHALL PROVIDE FOR
COUNCILMANIC DISTRICTS THAT ARE COMPACT, CONTIGUOUS,
AND EQUAL IN POPULATION. NO LESS THAN FIFTEEN
CALENDAR DAYS AND NO MORE THAN THIRTY CALENDAR DAYS
AFTER RECEIVING THE PLAN OF THE COMMISSION, THE
COUNCIL SHALL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PLAN. IF
WITHIN SEVENTY CALENDAR DAYS FOLLOWING PRESENTATION OF
THE COMMISSION'S PLAN NO OTHER LAW REESTABLISHING THE
BOUNDARIES OF THE COUNCILMANIC DISTRICTS HAS BEEN
ENACTED, THEN THE PLAN, AS SUBMITTED, SHALL BECOME
LAW.

SECTION 306. TERM OF OFFICE. EACH MEMBER OF THE
COUNCIL SHALL SERVE FOR A TERM BEGINNING AT NOON ON
THE FIRST MONDAY IN DECEMBER NEXT FOLLOWING HIS
ELECTION AND ENDING AT NOON ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN
DECEMBER IN THE FOURTH YEAR THEREAFTER.

SECTION 307. QUALIFICATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS. A
COUNCILMAN SHALL BE A QUALIFIED VOTER OF PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY AT THE TIME OF HIS ELECTION. DURING
HIS TERM OF OFFICE, HE SHALL NOT HOLD ANY OTHER OFFICE
OF PROFIT IN STATE, COUNTY, OR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
A COUNCILMAN SHALL NOT, DURING THE WHOLE TERM FOR