MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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CHAPTER 123

(Senate Bill 173)

AN ACT concerning

Chartered Counties — Corrective

FOR the purpose of correcting an error by recodifying the
provisions of Article 25A, §3, authorizing the
charter of a county to require councilmen to reside
in specified districts under certain conditions; and
repealing the provisions of Article 25A, §3A,
relating to the liability of councilmen for words
spoken in debate.

BY adding to

Article 25A — Chartered Counties of Maryland

Section 3

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1973 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 25A — Chartered Counties of Maryland

Section 3A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1973 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 3 be and it is hereby added to
Article 25A — Chartered Counties of Maryland, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1973 Replacement Volume and
1975 Supplement) to read as follows:

Article 25A - Chartered Counties of Maryland

3.

WHENEVER ANY COUNTY AMONG THE GEOGRAPHICAL
SUBDIVISIONS OF THIS STATE SHALL HAVE ADOPTED FOR ITSELF
A CHARTER OF FORM OF GOVERNMENT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF
ARTICLE XIA OF THE CONSTITUTION, SUCH CHARTER MAY REQUIRE
THAT A SPECIFIED NUMBER OF COUNCILMEN MUST RESIDE IN
SPECIFIED DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT NOTHING HEREIN CONTAINED SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO
AFFECT THE REQUIREMENT OF §2 HEREOF THAT THE MEMBERS OF
THE COUNTY COUNCIL SHALL BE NOMINATED AS MEMBERS OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY ARE OR MAY BE NOMINATED UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THE LAW OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, AND THAT
SUCH MEMBERS SHALL LIKEWISE BE ELECTED ON THE GENERAL
TICKET BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SUCH COUNTY AS MEMBERS
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ARE OR MAY BE ELECTED UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THE LAW OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Ch. 2, Acts of 1973, 1st Sp. Sess.,
enacted, inter alia, new §5—304 of the Courts