WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 642

the composition and election of the Board of County
Commissioners of Charles County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of Charles County
Section 25

Article 9 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1969 Edition and 1977 Supplement, as amended)

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

Article 9 - Charles County

25.

(A)  There shall be [three] 5 County Commissioners for
Charles County [who], 4 OF WHOM SHALL BE ELECTED AT-LARGE, WITH
ONE EACH RESIDING IN EACH OF THE 4 COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICTS
OF THE COUNTY. THE FIFTH SHALL HOLD THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT OF
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, MAY RESIDE IN ANY AREA OF THE COUNTY
AND SHALL BE ELECTED AT-LARGE. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS shall be
elected at the General Election held in 1962 and every four years
thereafter, for terms of four years. The term of the
Commissioners shall begin on the first Tuesday of December
following the General Election or as soon afterwards as certified
by the Governor.

(B)  (1) NOT LATER THAN JANUARY 1, 1989, THE CHARLES COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS AND THE 28TH DISTRICT LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION SHALL
APPOINT A 5-MEMBER DISTRICTING BOARD.

(2)  THE DISTRICTING BOARD SHALL BE COMPOSED OF 1
APPOINTEE OF EACH COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND 2 APPOINTEES OF THE
28TH DISTRICT LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION. NONE SHALL BE EMPLOYEES OF
THE COUNTY. THE DISTRICTING BOARD SHALL CONVENE NOT LATER THAN
30 DAYS AFTER APPOINTMENT TO ORGANIZE AND ELECT A CHAIRMAN FROM
AMONG ITS MEMBERS.

(3)  BY JULY 1, 1989, THE DISTRICTING BOARD SHALL
ESTABLISH THE TENTATIVE BOUNDARIES OF THE 4 COMMISSIONER
DISTRICTS AFTER DUE CONSIDERATION AND INVESTIGATION WITHIN
REASONABLE AND LAWFUL GUIDELINES. THE DISTRICTING BOARD SHALL
GIVE PRIORITY CONSIDERATION TO ELECTION DISTRICT LINES, AS WELL
AS TO DEMOGRAPHICS AND GEOGRAPHY. THE DISTRICTING BOARD SHALL
SET AND CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARINGS IN EACH OF THE PROPOSED 4
COMMISSIONER DISTRICTS AFTER TENTATIVE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES HAVE
BEEN DRAWN AND DEFINED. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS GIVING TIME,
DATE, AND PLACE SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN 2 COUNTY NEWSPAPERS 10 DAYS
PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. AFTER ALL PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE
BEEN HELD AND A FINAL DRAFT OF THE DISTRICTING PLAN HAS BEEN

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