ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 383

Approved May 22, 2003.

CHAPTER 383
(Senate Bill 467)

AN ACT concerning

Municipal Corporations - Proposed Annexation Resolutions - Notice and

Hearing Requirements

FOR the purpose of altering the number of times that notice of the submission to the
voters of a municipal corporation of a proposed annexation resolution must be
published in a newspaper under certain circumstances; altering the time frame
within which a public hearing shall be set on a proposed annexation resolution
under certain circumstances; and generally relating to notice of and hearing
requirements for proposed annexation resolutions in municipal corporations.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 23A - Corporations - Municipal
Section 19(d)

Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

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

Article 23A - Corporations - Municipal

19.

(d) After the introduction of the resolution into the legislative body of the
municipal corporation, the chief executive and administrative officer of the municipal
corporation shall cause a public notice thereof to be published not fewer than four
times OR, IF THE TOTAL AREA OF THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION IS FOR 50 25 ACRES OF
LAND OR LESS, NOT FEWER THAN TWO TIMES, at not less than weekly intervals in a
newspaper or newspapers of general circulation in the municipal corporation and the
area to be annexed, briefly and accurately describing the proposed change and the
conditions and circumstances applicable. The public notices shall specify a time and
place at which a public hearing will be held by the legislative body on the resolution;
the hearing shall be set for not less than 15 days after the fourth publication of the
notices OR, IF THE TOTAL AREA OF THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION IS FOR 50 25 ACRES
OF LAND OR LESS, NOT LESS THAN 15 DAYS AFTER THE SECOND PUBLICATION OF
THE NOTICES, and shall be held either within the boundaries of the municipal
corporation or within the area to be annexed. The public hearing may be continued or
rescheduled for a subsequent time not to exceed 30 days from the day for which the
meeting was originally scheduled, or the day on which the hearing commenced but
was not completed. In the event of a continuation or rescheduling, a single public

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