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COUNTY LOCAL LASS

EMERGENCY LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, TWO-THIRDS OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE FOIL COUNCIL SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR A
QUORUM. THE COUNCIL SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE KEEPING AND
ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF A JOURNAL WHICH SHALL BE OPEN TO
PUBLIC INSPECTION AT ALL REASONABLE TIMES. ALL
VOTING, EXCEPT ON PROCEDURAL MOTIONS, SHALL BE BY ROLL
CALL, AND THE AYES AND NAYS SHALL BE RECORDED IN THE
JOURNAL. NO BUSINESS SHALL BE TRANSACTED, OR ANY
APPOINTMENTS MADE, OR NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED, EXCEPT IN
PUBLIC SESSION. THE COUNCIL SHALL ADOPT AND PUBLISH
RULES OF PROCEDURE NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS CHARTER.

SECTION 317. ENACTMENT OF LEGISLATION. EVERY
LAM OF THE COUNTY SHALL BE STYLED: "BE IT ENACTED BY
THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY,
MARYLAND." THE COUNCIL SHALL ENACT NO LAW EXCEPT BY
BILL. THE SUBJECT OF EVERY LAW SHALL BE DESCRIBED IN
ITS TITLE. EVERY LAW ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL, EXCEPT
THE BUDGET LAW AND SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION LAWS,
SHALL EMBRACE BUT ONE SUBJECT. NO LAW OR SECTION OF
LAW SHALL BE REVIVED OR AMENDED BY REFERENCE TO ITS
TITLE ONLY. A BILL MAY BE INTRODUCED BY ANY MEMBER OF
THE COUNCIL ON ANY LEGISLATIVE SESSION-DAY OF THE
COUNCIL. ON THE INTRODUCTION OF ANY BILL, A COPY
THEREOF AND NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE OF THE
HEARING ON THE BILL SHALL BE POSTED BY THE CLERK OF
THE COUNCIL WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS ON AN OFFICIAL
BULLETIN BOARD TO BE SET UP BY THE COUNCIL IN A PUBLIC
PLACE. ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE BILL SHALL BE MADE
AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE PRESS. EVERY COPY
OF EACH BILL SHALL BEAR THE NAME OF THE MEMBER OF THE
COUNCIL INTRODUCING IT AND THE DATE IT WAS INTRODUCED.
WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION OF
A BILL THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL SHALL SCHEDULE AND
GIVE PUBLIC NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BILL,
WHICH HEARING SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN FOURTEEN DAYS
AFTER ITS INTRODUCTION. THE COUNCIL MAY REJECT ANY
BILL ON ITS INTRODUCTION WITHOUT A HEARING BY A VOTE
OF TWO-THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FULL COUNCIL.
SUCH PUBLIC NOTICE SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN THE COUNTY
NEWSPAPERS OF RECORD AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1008 OF
THIS CHARTER. THE PUBLIC HEARING MAY, BUT NEED NOT
BE, -HELD ON A LEGISLATIVE SESSION-DAY AND MAY BE
ADJOURNED FROM TIME TO TIME. AFTER THE PUBLIC
HEARING, A BILL MAY BE FINALLY ENACTED ON A
LEGISLATIVE SESSION-DAY WITH OR WITHOUT AMENDMENT,
EXCEPT, THAT IF A BILL IS AMENDED BEFORE ENACTMENT AND
THE AMENDMENT CONSTITUTES A CHANGE OF SUBSTANCE, THE
BILL SHALL NOT BE ENACTED UNTIL IT IS REPRINTED OR