MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                            2839

Section 19(Q)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1973 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 19(Q) be and it is hereby
added to Article 23A — Corporations — Municipal of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1973 Replacement Volume and
1973 Supplement) to read as follows:

Article 23A — Corporations — Municipal

(Q) (1) IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, WHEREVER A
RESOLUTION PROPOSING [[AN]] A MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION [[TO
THE CITY OF ANNAPOLIS]] RESULTS, BECAUSE OF GEOGRAPHICAL
UNIQUENESS, IN PLACING ANOTHER AREA OF THE COUNTY IN A
POSITION WHERE IT COULD BE CUT OFF FROM PRESENT OR FUTURE
COUNTY FACILITIES AND SERVICES, THE RESIDENTS OF THAT
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA MAY PETITION THE RESOLUTION TO
REFERENDUM ON THE SAME BASIS AS RESIDENTS OF THE AREA TO
BE ANNEXED, AND WITH THE SAME PRIVILEGES OF VOTING FOR OR
AGAINST THE RESOLUTION AS RESIDENTS OF THE AREA TO BE
ANNEXED.

(2) UNLESS THERE IS A FAVORABLE MAJORITY VOTE OF
THE PERSONS VOTING IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA SO AFFECTED,
THE PROPOSAL FOR CHANGE SHALL BE VOID AND OF NO FURTHER
EFFECT WHATSOEVER.

[[(3)]] THE DESIGNATION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA WHICH IS OR COULD BE CUT OFF FROM
PRESENT OR FUTURE COUNTY FACILITIES AND SERVICES BY THE
PROPOSED [[CHANGE]] ANNEXATION, SHALL BE DETERMINED BY
THE ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY COUNCIL.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.

Approved May 31, 1974.

CHAPTER 861
(Senate Bill 878)
AN ACT concerning

19.