1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

MARYLAND, Sct.:

At a Session of the General Assembly of Maryland, begun and held in the City of
Annapolis on the Tenth Day of January 1996, and ending on the Eighth Day of
April 1996, Parris N. Glendening being Governor of the State, the following laws
were enacted, to wit:

CHAPTER 1
(Senate Bill 152)

AN ACT concerning

Election Law - 7th Congressional District - Special Election

FOR the purpose of enacting certain provisions that will be applicable only to the
nomination and election of candidates to fill the vacancy in the 7th Congressional
District and to the nomination and election of candidates for the next regular term
of office in the 7th Congressional District; requiring that the special primary and the
regular primary be merged; providing for the issuance of certificates of nomination;
providing for the declination of nominations; expanding provisions relating to
nomination by petition; authorizing the State Administrative Board of Election
Laws to authorize any voting system, including paper ballots, for the special general
election; altering certain deadlines relating to the special primary and special
election; authorizing the State Board to alter certain requirements for the special
primary and special election; providing for the termination of this Act; making this
Act an emergency measure; and generally relating to the nomination and election of
candidates in the 7th Congressional District.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That:

(a)     This Act applies only to the election to fill the vacancy that will exist on
February 18, 1996 in the Office of Representative from the 7th Congressional District of
Maryland and to the election of an individual to serve the next full term of office from
that District. This Act may not be interpreted to have any effect on an election for any
other office or to elections in the 7th Congressional District that are held after 1996.

(b)     This Act supersedes any conflicting provision of Article 33 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland.

EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
Underlining indicates amendments to bill.

Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the
law by amendment.
Italics indicate opposite chamber/conference committee amendments.

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