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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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registered mail to the Secretary of the State of Maryland
and to the Department of Legislative Reference: (1) the
date of the referendum election, and (2) the number of
votes cast for and against the adoption of the unified
charter.]
27.
(a) At the time of making public proclamation as
to the vote on the question of incorporation under the
proposed charter, the board of county commissioners or
county council 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 adopted by the
municipal corporation: (1) the complete text thereof, (2)
the date of the referendum election, (3) the number of
votes cast for and against the question of incorporation,
under the charter, and (4) the effective date of the
charter.] THE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE CHARTER ADOPTED
BY THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION TO THE STATE AGENCIES AS
PROVIDED IN SECTION 9A OF THIS ARTICLE FOR MUNICIPAL
OFFICIALS.
41.
An entire repeal of the charter of a municipal
corporation, and the termination of the existence of the
municipal corporation, may be accomplished as generally
provided above in the subheading "Charter Amendments."
The resolution of the legislative body of the municipal
corporation or the petition of [twenty per centum] 20
PERCENT or more of the qualified voters need not contain
the text of the charter which it is proposed to repeal,
but may simply state the fact of the proposed repeal.
The posting and publication of the proposed repeal also
may simply state that fact, as may the registration of a
favorable vote thereon with the [Secretary of State and
the Department of Legislative Reference] STATE AGENCIES
AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 9A OF THIS ARTICLE. From and
after the time that the charter stands repealed it
[shall] no longer MAY be included in any subsequent
edition or printing of the code of public local laws of
the county or State.
SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.
Approved May 17, 1976.
CHAPTER 629
(Senate Bill 1115)
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