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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor 3119
Article 23A - Corporations - Municipal
Section 19(h), (i), (j) , (k), (l), (m), (n),
(o), (p) and (q), respectively
to be Section 19(i), (j), (k), (l), (m) , (n),
(p), (q), (r) and (s), respectively
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1973 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article 23A — Corporations — Municipal
Section 19(h) and (o)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1973 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 19(d) and (i) of Article 23A -
Corporations — Municipal, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1973 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) be
and they are hereby repealed and re—enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:
Article 23A — Corporations - Municipal
19.
(d) After the introduction of the resolution into
the legislative body of the municipal corporation, the
chief executive and administrative officer of the
municipal corporation shall cause a public notice thereof
to be published not fewer than four times at not less
than weekly intervals in a newspaper or newspapers of
general circulation in the municipal corporation and the
area to be annexed, briefly and accurately describing the
proposed change and the conditions and circumstances
applicable [thereto]. The public notices shall specify a
time and place at which a public hearing will be held by
the legislative body on the resolution; the hearing shall
be set for not less than [fifteen (15)] 15 days after the
fourth publication of the notices and shall be held
either within the boundaries of the municipal corporation
or within the area to be annexed, THE PUBLIC HEARING MAY
BE CONTINUED OR RESCHEDULED FOR A SUBSEQUENT TIME NOT TO
EXCEED 30 DAYS FROM THE DAY FOR WHICH THE MEETING WAS
ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED, OR THE DAY ON WHICH THE HEARING
COMMENCED BUT WAS NOT COMPLETED. IN THE EVENT OF A
CONTINUATION OR RESCHEDULING, A SINGLE PUBLIC NOTICE
SHALL BE GIVEN AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE CONTINUED
OR RESCHEDULED DATE IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION
IN THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND IN THE AREA WHOSE
ANNEXATION IS TO BE DISCUSSED, BRIEFLY AND ACCURATELY
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