Article 8 - Cecil County

15-1.

There shall be five (5) County Commissioners for Cecil County.

15-2.

The Board of County Commissioners of Cecil County shall be elected by the
voters of the county at large and hold office in accordance with the following
provisions:

A. (1) The county shall be divided into five (5) Commissioner Districts.

(2) Following the decennial census of the United States in 2000, there
shall be established a Commissioner District Committee to issue recommendations on
the boundaries of five Commissioner Districts to the General Assembly.

(3) The Commissioner District Committee shall consist of seven (7)
members, with three (3) members appointed by the County Democratic Central
Committee, three (3) members appointed by the County Republican Central
Committee, and one (1) member who shall be appointed by the County Board of
Supervisors of Elections.

(4) The members of the Commissioner District Committee shall elect one
of the members as Chairman of the Commissioner District Committee.

(5) By December 31, 2001, the Commissioner District Committee shall
issue recommendations to the General Assembly on the boundaries of five
Commissioner Districts that are of substantially equal population based on the 2000
census data.

B. One (1) Commissioner shall be elected from each Commissioner District.

C. A person may not be eligible as a candidate for County Commissioner
unless he is a resident of the Commissioner District at the time of nomination and
election.

D. (1) SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPHS (2) THROUGH (5) OF
THIS SUBSECTION, FIVE (5) COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL BE ELECTED AT-LARGE
IN THE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN NOVEMBER, 2002.

(2) IN AN AT-LARGE ELECTION FOR A SPECIFIC COUNTY
COMMISSIONER POSITION AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, THE CANDIDATE WHO IS A
RESIDENT OF THAT COMMISSIONER DISTRICT AND WHO RECEIVES THE HIGHEST
NUMBER OF VOTES IN THE AT-LARGE ELECTION SHALL BE ELECTED.

(3) TWO (2) COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ELECTED AT-LARGE IN THE
GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN NOVEMBER 2002, AND WHO RESIDE IN
COMMISSIONER DISTRICTS 1 AND 2, SHALL EACH HOLD OFFICE FOR A TERM OF TWO
YEARS.

(4) THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER POSITIONS UNDER PARAGRAPH (3) OF
THIS SECTION SHALL BE ELECTED AT-LARGE IN THE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE