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HARRY HUGHES, Governor 2461
CHAPTER 422
(House Bill 551)
AN ACT concerning
St. Mary's County - County Commissioners - Terms
FOR the purpose of removing the restriction prohibiting the St.
Mary's County Commissioners from serving more than 3
consecutive terms of office; and submitting this Act to a
referendum of the voters of St. Mary's County.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
The Public Local Laws of St. Mary's County
Section 26-1A.
Article 19 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1978 Edition and October, 1982 Supplement, as amended)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article 19 - St. Mary's County
26-1.
A. St. Mary's County shall be divided into four (4)
Commissioners' Districts as follows: The first, second and ninth
election districts shall compose the First Commissioner District;
the third and sixth election districts shall compose the Second
Commissioner District; the fourth, fifth and seventh election
districts shall compose the Third Commissioner District; and the
eighth election district shall compose the Fourth Commissioner
District. Each Commissioner shall be elected as hereinafter
provided by the general vote of the county from each of said
Commissioner Districts, who shall serve for four (4) years from
the date of his election [and shall be eligible to succeed
himself, except that no County Commissioner is to be elected to
serve more than three (3) full four-year consecutive terms]. A
majority of said Commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business. Five (5) County Commissioners are to be
elected by the voters of the entire county, of whom one (1)
County Commissioner is to be elected from the First Commissioner
District, one (1) County Commissioner is to be elected from the
Second Commissioner District, one (1) County Commissioner is to
be elected from the Third Commissioner District and one (1)
County Commissioner is to be elected from the Fourth Commissioner
District.
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