ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                               Ch. 77

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 2003.

Approved April 22, 2003.

CHAPTER 77
(Senate Bill 260)

AN ACT concerning

Baltimore County - Democratic Party Central Committee - Composition and

Election

FOR the purpose of altering the composition of the Baltimore County Democratic
Party Central Committee; determining the next election for members of the
Baltimore County Democratic Party Central Committee; clarifying the term of
office for certain members of the Baltimore County Democratic Party Central
Committee; and generally relating to the composition and election of the
Baltimore County Democratic Party Central Committee.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Election Law
Section 4-203(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2003 Volume)

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

Article - Election Law

4-203.

(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2)(ii) of this subsection, in
Baltimore County, members of the party central committees may not run at large.

(2)     The Republican Party Central Committee shall consist of:

(i) four members elected from each councilmanic district in the
county; and

(ii) a chairman elected from the county at large.

(3)     [The] FOR THE Baltimore County Democratic Party Central
Committee [shall consist of five members elected from each councilmanic district in
Baltimore County]:

(I) TWENTY-FIVE MEMBERS, FIVE FROM EACH DISTRICT, SHALL
BE ELECTED FROM LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS 6, 8, 10, 11, AND 42, EACH DISTRICT BEING
LOCATED WHOLLY WITHIN BALTIMORE COUNTY;

- 1175 -