HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(b)   If such a certified statement is not filed with
the petition, [the Secretary of State] THE APPROPRIATE
GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY shall treat the petition as invalid
and shall not certify the question [of the referendum to the
several boards].

(c)   In any proceeding to test the validity of any
petition filed as specified in subsection (a) of this
section, the person, persons, or association certifying the
statement required in this section shall be a party to such
a proceeding. Such proceeding shall be filed in the county
or Baltimore City where the person, persons or association
resides or maintains its principal place of business, as the
case may be.

23-7.

On any petition (including an associated or included
set of petitions) submitted [to the Secretary of State]
under the provisions of [Article 16] ARTICLES XI-A AND XVI
of the Constitution, any question concerning, or the
invalidity of, the signature of any person on the petition
affects that signature only and does not affect or impair
any other portion of the petition or petitions.

SECTION 3 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
passage of this Act is contingent upon the passage of

H.B./S.B. ___ (___lr___) Chapter___ (H.B. 280) of the

Acts of the General Assembly of 1982, a Constitutional
Amendment, and its ratification by the voters of the State.

SECTION 4 3 . AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That
subject to the provisions of Section 3 2 above, this Act
shall take effect January 1, 1983.

Approved June 1, 1982.

CHAPTER 852

(House Bill 496)

AN ACT concerning

Pensions - Retired Judges' Spouses

FOR the purpose of defining the difference between the
spouse of a deceased judge and the surviving spouse of
a retired former judge; providing for certain changes
in the definition of certain phases phrases; and
providing that to receive a pension a surviving spouse