2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

MARYLAND, Sct.:

At an Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly of Maryland, begun and held in
the City of Annapolis on the Twenty-Eighth Day of December, 2004, and
Ending on the Eleventh Day of January, 2005, Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., being
Governor of the State, the following laws were enacted, to wit:

CHAPTER 1

(Senate Bill 87 of the 2004 Regular Session)

AN ACT concerning

Open Meetings Act - Standing to File a Petition Alleging Violation of the Act

FOR the purpose of authorizing any person to file with a circuit court that has venue
a certain petition if a public body fails to comply with certain provisions of the
Open Meetings Act; and generally relating to an alleged violation of the Open
Meetings Act.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article — State Government
Section 10-510(b)(l)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

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

Article - State Government

10-510.

(b) (1) If a public body fails to comply with § 10-505, § 10-506, § 10-507, §
10-508, or § 10-509(c) of this subtitle [and a person is affected adversely, the] ANY
person may file with a circuit court that has venue a petition that asks the court to:

(i) determine the applicability of those sections;

(ii) require the public body to comply with those sections; or

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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