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Maryland Constitution, Article C-XI-F

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Article C-XI-F, Home Rule for Code Counties

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Md. Const. art. XI-F, § 1 Section 1
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For the purposes of this Article, (1) "code county" means a county which is not a charter county under Article 11A of this Constitution and has adopted the optional powers of home rule provided under this Article; and (2) "public local law" means a law applicable to the incorpora…
Md. Const. art. XI-F, § 2 Section 2
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The governing body of any county, by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members elected thereto, may propose by resolution that the county become a code county and be governed by the provisions of this Article. Upon the adoption of such a resolution, it shall be certified to th…
Md. Const. art. XI-F, § 3 Section 3
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Except as otherwise provided in this Article, a code county may enact, amend, or repeal a public local law of that county, following the procedure in this Article.
Md. Const. art. XI-F, § 4 Section 4
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Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the General Assembly shall not enact, amend, or repeal a public local law which is special or local in its terms or effect within a code county. The General Assembly may enact, amend, or repeal public local laws applicable to code cou…

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Md. Const. art. XI-F, § 5 Section 5

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The General Assembly, by law, shall classify all code counties by grouping them into not more than four classes based either upon population as determined in the most recent Federal or State census or upon such other criteria as determined by the General Assembly to be appropriat…

Md. Const. art. XI-F, § 6 A code county may enact, amend, or repeal a public local law of that county by a resolution of the board of county commissioners

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A code county may enact, amend, or repeal a public local law of that county by a resolution of the board of county commissioners. The General Assembly may amplify the provisions of this section by general law in any manner not inconsistent with this Article.

Md. Const. art. XI-F, § 7 Section 7

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Any action of a code county in the enactment, amendment, or repeal of a public local law is subject to a referendum of the voters in the county, as in this section provided. The enactment, amendment, or repeal shall be effective unless a petition of the registered voters of the c…

Md. Const. art. XI-F, § 8 Section 8

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Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article, the General Assembly has exclusive power to enact, amend, or repeal any local law for a code county which (1) authorizes or places a maximum limit upon the rate of property taxes which may be imposed by the code county; or (2)…

Md. Const. art. XI-F, § 9 Section 9

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A code county shall not levy any type of tax, license fee, franchise tax, or fee which was not in effect or authorized in the code county at the time it came under the provisions of this Article, until an express authorization of the General Assembly has been enacted for this pur…

Md. Const. art. XI-F, § 10 Section 10

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All laws enacted by the General Assembly and in effect when this Article was added to the Constitution shall remain in effect until amended or repealed under the Constitution. Every public local law enacted, amended, or repealed by a county under the provisions of this Article pr…