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§ 9-309. Legislative days

West's Annotated Code of MarylandLocal GovernmentEffective: October 1, 2013

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Local Government (Refs & Annos)
Division III. Counties [Titles 9-15] (Refs & Annos)
Title 9. General and Administrative Provisions (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 3. Code Counties (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2013
MD Code, Local Government, § 9-309
Formerly cited as MD CODE, Art. 25B, § 9; MD CODE, Art. 25B, § 10
§ 9-309. Legislative days
Currentness
Establishment
(a) By public local law, the county commissioners of a code county shall establish a specified number of days, not exceeding 45 days, in each year on which the county commissioners may meet to enact public local laws.
Legislative days generally
(b)(1) Legislative days:
(i) need not be consecutive; and
(ii) may be designated by public local law.
(2) If a legislative day is not specified or not determinable by public local law, the county commissioners shall publish notice of the legislative day in a newspaper of general circulation in the code county between 3 and 14 days before the legislative day.
First legislative session
(c)(1) The first legislative session of a code county shall:
(i) begin on the first business day 60 days after the effective date of code home rule; and
(ii) be 15 days long.
(2) The 15 days of the first legislative session do not count as part of the annual 45 legislative days.
Open to public
(d) Each legislative session shall be open to the public.

Credits

Added by Acts 2013, c. 119, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2013.
MD Code, Local Government, § 9-309, MD LOCAL GOVT § 9-309
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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