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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 628

17A(D) OF THIS ARTICLE.

(B)    THE MAYOR OR OTHER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, BY
WHATEVER NAME KNOWN, OF EACH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SHALL
SEND, OR CAUSE TO BE SENT, SEPARATELY BY REGISTERED MAIL
ONE COPY OF EACH OF THE DOCUMENTS, AS APPROPRIATE,
ENUMERATED IN SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE, TO THE SECRETARY OF
STATE OF MARYLAND, TO THE HALL OF RECORDS COMMISSION AND
TO THE STATE LIBRARY.

(C)    UNLESS THE PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE IS CONTAINED ELSEWHERE IN
THIS ARTICLE, A DOCUMENT OR OTHER MATERIAL REQUIRED TO BE
FILED BY THIS ARTICLE IS NOT EFFECTIVE, AND MAY NOT BE
APPLIED OR CONSIDERED AS IN EFFECT, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT
HAS BEEN REGISTERED AS PROVIDED BY THIS SUBTITLE.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections
17(f), 17A(b), (c), and (d), 19(p), 19A(j), 27(a) and 41
of Article 23A — Corporations — Municipal, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1973 Replacement Volume and
1975 Supplement) be and they are hereby repealed and
reenacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 23A — Corporations — Municipal

17.

(f) At the time a charter amendment or amendments
become effective by reason of having been ordained or
passed by the legislative body of the municipal
corporation, or at the time of making public proclamation
as to the vote on any question containing a proposed
charter amendment or amendments which have been adopted,
the mayor or other chief executive officer of the
municipal corporation shall send [separately by
registered mail to the Secretary of State of Maryland and
to the Department of Legislative Reference the following
information concerning the charter amendment or
amendments: (1) The complete text thereof, or a statement
that the charter contained in Article 23B has been
adopted, (2) the date of the referendum election, if any,

(3)  the number of votes cast for and against each
question containing the charter amendment or amendments,
whether in the legislative body or in a referendum, and

(4)   the effective date of      the charter amendment or
amendments.] THE INFORMATION      CONCERNING THE CHARTER
AMENDMENT OR AMENDMENTS TO THE   STATE AGENCIES AS PROVIDED
IN SECTION 9A OF THIS ARTICLE.

17A.

(b) Copies of this compilation shall be made
available for inspection at the office of the mayor and
town council, by whatever name known, during normal
business hours; and copies shall be kept on permanent
record in the same office. [Copies also shall be