HARRY HUGHES, Governor                             1351

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved May 6, 1980.

CHAPTER 416

(House Bill 776)

AN ACT concerning

Chartered Counties - Express Powers - Historic Preservation

FOR the purpose of clarifying existing powers of chartered
counties to enact laws for the zoning and preservation
of historic sites and landmarks.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 25A - Chartered Counties of Maryland
Section 5(BB)

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1973 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 25A - Chartered Counties of Maryland

5.

The following enumerated express powers are granted to
and conferred upon any county or counties which hereafter
form a charter under the provisions of Article 11A of the
Constitution, that is to say:

(BB) To enact laws generally for historic and landmark
zoning and preservation[;] OR to enact those laws in
accordance with the provisions of Article 66B, § 8.01 et
seq., or to enact such laws to be administered generally by
an Historic District Commission and to provide for appeals.
The authority conferred by this subsection shall be in
addition to any existing charter provisions or local law
providing for planning and zoning.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved May 6, 1980.