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Ch. 61 2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
to implement the requirements of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, any federal or
other special funds or grant received by the State in accordance with federal and
State law for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 1. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That in fiscal year 2008, the
Governor shall appropriate sufficient funds to reimburse each county at a rate of 50%
of the total expenditures made during fiscal year 2007 to implement early voting,
including expenditures made for the purchase of electronic poll books.
SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the regulations required
to be adopted by a local board of elections under § 2-202.1(a) of the Election Law
Article, as enacted by Section 2 of this Act, must be submitted to, reviewed by, and
approved by the State Administrator of Elections before the local board:
(1) denies any application for registration on or after the effective date of
this Act; or
(2) removes any voter from the registration list on or after the effective
date of this Act.
SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That Sections 2 and 4 of this
Act shall apply only to jurisdictions of the State in which, based on data from the 2000
Decennial Census:
(1) less than 60 percent of the population lives in owner-occupied
dwellings; and
(2) the median income is less than $40,000 per year.
SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Governor shall
include each year in the State budget sufficient State general funds to implement the
requirements of § 10-302(b) of the Election Law Article.
SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections 2, 4, and 5 of
this Act shall remain effective until the end of June 30, 2008 and, at the end of June
30, 2008, with no further action required by the General Assembly, Sections 2, 4, and
5 of this Act shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect.
SECTION 4. 5. 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 2006 is an emergency measure, is necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health or safety, has been passed by a yea and nay vote
supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the
General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is enacted.
Enacted April 10, 2006.
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