Ch. 41                                      1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article 25 - County Commissioners

Section 3(r)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1990 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

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

Article 25 - County Commissioners

3.                                                                                                                                                                                                           

(r) An act, ordinance, or resolution may not be adopted by the county
commissioners, under the powers conferred by this section, until ten days after a public
hearing has been held on the proposed act, ordinance, or resolution. Prior notice of the
public hearing, together with a fair summary of the proposed act, ordinance, or
resolution, shall be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the
county once each week for two successive weeks. This subsection is not applicable to: (1)
an administrative, act or resolution adopted by the county commissioners of Dorchester.
Frederick, SOMERSET or St. Mary's County; or (2) a resolution, other than a bond
resolution adopted under § 15 of Article 25B of the Code, adopted by the county
commissioners of a county that has adopted home rule powers under Article XI-F of the
Maryland Constitution. For purposes of this subsection, "ordinance" means a permanent
rule of law enacted by the county commissioners, and "resolution" means a formal
expression of the opinion of an official body.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1,1994.                 .

Approved April 12, 1994.                                                                              ...

CHAPTER 41
(House Bill 253)

AN ACT concerning

Somerset County - Commissioner Districts - Realignment

FOR the purpose of realigning the County Commissioner Districts in Somerset County on
the basis of population changes reflected in the 1990 United States Census;
providing for the application of this Act; making this Act an emergency measure;
and generally relating to the composition of the County Commissioner Districts in
Somerset County.         

BY repealing                                                                                               

The Public Local Laws of Somerset County
Section 2-102
Article 20 - Public Local Laws of Maryland

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