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Ch. 61
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(9) When public agencies discuss the distribution of police forces to cope
with public safety emergencies;
(10) [Cost] WHEN PUBLIC AGENCIES DISCUSS COST estimates for capital
projects to be subsequently placed through the bidding process; and
(11) [Preliminary] WHEN PUBLIC AGENCIES HAVE A PRELIMINARY
discussion concerning THE purchase or disposition of real property.
DRAFTER'S NOTE:
Error: Omitted words in Article 24, § 4-210(a)(10) and (11).
Occurred: Ch. 715, Acts of 1976.
Article 25B - Home Rule for Code Counties
10.
(h) (1) Any public local law enacted by the board of county commissioners of
a code county shall take effect forty-five days after it is enacted, unless by a provision
of the public local law it is to take effect at a later date. If a public local law is passed
as an emergency bill or if a bill is declared by at least a four-fifths vote of the total
membership of the board of county commissioners or two thirds where total board
membership is three members to be an emergency bill affecting the public health,
safety, or welfare of the county, the law shall take effect from the date of its passage.
The term "emergency bill" shall not include one abolishing or creating any office,
changing any salary, term, or duty of any officer, granting any franchise or special
privilege or creating any vested right or interest.
[(1)](2) The citizens of a code county, by petition, may submit to the
registered voters of the county any public local law or portion thereof enacted under
this subtitle. The submission shall be.
(i) At the next regular congressional election or, in accordance with
a resolution adopted by the county commissioners, at a special election;
(ii) In accordance with requirements as to time, notice, and form in
Article 33 of this Code; and
(iii) For adoption or rejection by a majority of those voting on the
question.
[(2)] (3) The referendum petition shall be filed with the board of
supervisors of elections within forty days after a bill is enacted and shall contain the
signatures of at least ten per centum of the registered voters of the county. If more
than one half but less than the full number of signatures required to complete any
referendum petition against a public local law are filed within forty days from the
date it is enacted, the time for the public local law to take effect and the time for filing
the remainder of signatures to complete the petition shall be extended for an
additional forty days, with like effect.
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