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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 596

State] STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS a
petition (including an associated or related set of
petitions) under the provisions of Article 16 of the
Constitution, the person, persons, or associations which
files the petition shall file with it a statement showing
the contributions and expenditures for the petition.
This shall be certified by the person, persons, or
association which files the petition, giving (1) the name
and post-office address of every contributor to the
expense of the petition, and the amount paid by each; and
(2) the name and post—office address of every person to
whom, and for what service, any money was paid or
promised on account of the petition or which is owed to
be paid.

(b) If [such] a certified statement is not filed
with the petition, the [Secretary of State] STATE
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS shall treat the
petition as invalid and [shall] MAY not certify the
question of the referendum to the several boards.

23-7.

On any petition (including an associated or included
set of petitions) submitted to the [Secretary of State]
STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS under the
provisions of Article 16 of the Constitution, any
question concerning, or the invalidity of, the signature
of any person on the petition affects that signature only
and does not affect or impair any other portion of the
petition or petitions.

23-10.

The cost of publishing in newspapers any laws upon
which a referendum vote shall be taken under the
provisions of Article XVI of the Constitution shall be
paid as follows: If [said] THE law is submitted to the
voters of the entire State, by the [Secretary of State]
STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS out of funds
appropriated for [said] THAT purpose by the General
Assembly in the budget bill; if [said] THE law is
submitted ONLY to the voters of any county of the State,
by the board of County Commissioners or County Council of
[said] THE County, and if [said] THE law is submitted
ONLY to the voters of the City of Baltimore, by the mayor
and city council of Baltimore.]]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect on January 1, 1977, contingent upon the
taking effect of Chapter of the Acts of 1976, (Senate
Bill No. 639), being a proposed constitutional amendment
generally revising Article 16 and other portions of the
Constitution of Maryland. If Chapter does not become
effective, this Act shall be null and void without the
necessity of further action by the General Assembly.