WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                    Ch. 217

CHAPTER 217

(House Bill 387)

an ACT concerning

St. Mary's County - County Commissioners

FOR the purpose of altering the date on which members of the St.
Mary's Board of County Commissioners shall take office; and
making stylistic changes.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article 25 - County Commissioners

Section 18

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 25 - County Commissioners

Section 19

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 25 - County Commissioners

18.

The number of county commissioners in each county shall be
as fixed by the code of local laws for each county.

19.

(A)   [They] EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B)
OF THIS SECTION, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS shall meet in their
respective counties within [sixty] 60 days after their election
and qualify by taking the oaths required by law, and shall meet
AT LEAST once a quarter, and [as much oftener as] MORE OFTEN IF
the necessities of the county [may] in their judgment require[;].

(B)   [provided that the] THE County Commissioners of St.
Mary's County SHALL TAKE OFFICE ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN DECEMBER
FOLLOWING THEIR ELECTION AND shall meet at least [four] 4 times a
month.

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