HARRY HUGHES, Governor

2027

Washington County — Annexation by Municipalities

FOR the purpose of requiring municipalities in Washington
County which annex land into the municipality to submit
a plat and description of the annexation to the clerk
of the circuit court for recordation and to the
Washington County Planning Commission within a certain
time after the annexation becomes effective.

BY renumbering

Article 23A - Corporations - Municipal

Section 19(q) through (u), respectively

to be Section 19(r) through (v) , respectively

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1973 Replacement Volume and 1978 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 23A - Corporations - Municipal

Section 19(q)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1973 Replacement Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section (s) 19(q) through (u), respectively,
of Article 23A — Corporations — Municipal, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 19(r)
through (v), respectively.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That section(s)
of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed, amended, or
enacted to read as follows:

Article 23A - Corporations - Municipal

19.

(Q) (1) IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WHICH
HAS ENLARGED ITS CORPORATE BOUNDARIES UNDER THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS SECTION SHALL FILE A PLAT AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE
ANNEXATION WITH THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
RECORDATION AND TO THE WASHINGTON COUNTY PLANNING
COMMISSION. THESE FILINGS SHALL OCCUR WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER
THE ANNEXATION BECOMES EFFECTIVE.

(2) AN ANNEXATION IS NOT VALID AND MUNICIPAL
TAXES OR OTHER CHARGES MAY NOT BE ASSESSED OR COLLECTED ON
PROPERTY WITHIN THE AREA PROPOSED FOR ANNEXATION UNTIL THE
FILING REQUIREMENT OF THIS SUBSECTION IS MET.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1979.