HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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OF THE METHODS OF ELECTION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 1 OF ARTICLE VII, AND OF MEMBERS OF COUNTY
COUNCILS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 3A(A) OF ARTICLE XI-A, OF THIS
ACT, THAT METHOD IN EFFECT IN EACH COUNTY IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNLESS
CHANGED ON OR AFTER THAT DATE PURSUANT TO THIS CONSTITUTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the General
Assembly determines that the amendment to the Constitution of
Maryland proposed by this Act affects multiple jurisdictions and
that the provisions of Article XIV, Section 1 of the Constitution
concerning local approval of constitutional amendments do not
apply.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the aforegoing
section proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of Maryland
shall be submitted to the legal and qualified voters of this
State at the next general election to be held in November, 1986
for their adoption or rejection in pursuance of directions
contained in Article XIV of the Constitution of this State. At
that general election, the vote on this proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot there shall
be printed the words "For the Constitutional Amendments" and
"Against the Constitutional Amendments," as now provided by law.
Immediately after the election, all returns shall be made to the
Governor of the vote for and against the proposed amendment, as
directed by Article XIV of the Constitution, and further
proceedings had in accordance with Article XIV.

Approved May 27, 1986.

CHAPTER 708

(House Bill 38)

AN ACT concerning

Local Government - Members of County Councils
County Governing Bodies - Election

FOR the purpose of amending a certain provision of law concerning
the election of the members of the county council of certain
counties; repealing a certain provision of law permitting
the charters of certain counties to require that a specified
number of the members of the county council reside in
specified districts in the county under certain conditions;
specifying that the members of certain county councils shall
be elected in a certain manner and that the members may be
elected by the voters by certain methods; providing for the
election of county commissioners in Dorchester County in