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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 311

(e) (1) The county commissioners or, in Baltimore City, the
Mayor and City Council shall provide for payment of the
publication costs.

(2) In Prince George's County, the 3 designated
newspapers shall receive an equal amount for publication.
However, the total amount may not exceed $600.]

[2-1515.

(a)   If the Governor and the Attorney General so direct,
immediately after the General Assembly passes an emergency public
general law, the Secretary of the Senate, if the law is a Senate
bill, or the Chief Clerk of the House, if the law is a House
bill, shall mail a certified copy of the law to each newspaper
that the President and the Speaker designate to publish the law.

(b)  The President and the Speaker shall designate:

(1)   at least 1 newspaper in each county other than
Baltimore City; and

(2)   in Baltimore City, 3 daily newspapers in the
City, including 1 law paper.

(c)  The law shall be published, in each designated
newspaper, once a day on 3 different days.

(d)  (1) Subject to the limitations in this subsection, the
Comptroller shall issue a warrant for payment of the publisher of
a newspaper, within 6 months after the law is published in that
newspaper.

(2)  The amount that is paid may not exceed:

(i) for publication in Baltimore City, $1,200 a
newspaper; and

(ii) for publication in any other county, $600
a county.

(3)  (i) On warrant of the Comptroller, the Treasurer
shall pay the publisher.

(ii) The Treasurer may not pay the publisher of
a newspaper in Baltimore City, unless the publisher or, if the
publisher is a corporation, 1 of its officers provides, with the
warrant, an affidavit that the rate for publication of the law
does not exceed the rate for publication of a legal notice.]

[2-1516.] 2-1514.

(a) If the General Assembly adopts a joint resolution that
asks the Governor or an official of a unit of the Executive