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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0918* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 918 |
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| 8 | 8 | | C7, L1 2lr3130 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF HB 718 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Beidle |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 11, 2022 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Rules |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Anne Arundel County – Local Development Council – Delegate Appointments 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of altering the number of members of the local development council for a 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | video lottery facility located in Anne Arundel County; requiring the County 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Executive of Anne Arundel County to appoint a certain number of Delegates who 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | represent a certain district or their designees to the local development council; and 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | generally relating to the local development councils for video lottery facilities in Anne 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Arundel County. 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Article – State Government 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 9–1A–31(c) 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 12 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2021 Replacement Volume) 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15 |
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| 35 | 35 | | |
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| 36 | 36 | | Article – State Government 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9–1A–31. 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (c) (1) A local development council shall be established in each geographic 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | area where a video lottery facility is located. 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, a local development council 20 |
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| 44 | 44 | | shall consist of the following [15] members appointed by the chief executive of the county 21 |
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| 45 | 45 | | in which the local development council is located, in consultation with the Senators and 22 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Delegates who represent the communities surrounding the facility and the respective 23 |
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| 47 | 47 | | county councils, city councils, or county commissioners: 24 2 SENATE BILL 918 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (i) one Senator who represents the district where the facility is 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | located or the Senator’s designee; 2 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (ii) two Delegates who represent the districts where the 3 |
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| 55 | 55 | | communities surrounding the facility are located or the Delegates’ designees; 4 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (iii) one representative of the video lottery operation licensee; 5 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (iv) seven residents of the communities in immediate proximity to 6 |
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| 60 | 60 | | the facility; and 7 |
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| 61 | 61 | | |
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| 62 | 62 | | (v) four representatives of businesses or institutions located in 8 |
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| 63 | 63 | | immediate proximity to the facility. 9 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (3) (i) [If the video lottery facility is at a racetrack location at Laurel 10 |
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| 66 | 66 | | Park, the County Executive of Anne Arundel County, the County Executive of Prince 11 |
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| 67 | 67 | | George’s County, and the County Executive of Howard County shall jointly appoint the 12 |
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| 68 | 68 | | local development council. 13 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (ii)] If the video lottery facility is at a racetrack location at the Ocean 14 |
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| 71 | 71 | | Downs Race Course: 15 |
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| 73 | 73 | | 1. the County Commissioners of Worcester County shall 16 |
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| 74 | 74 | | appoint the local development council; 17 |
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| 76 | 76 | | 2. the Senator or the Senator’s designee shall serve as a 18 |
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| 77 | 77 | | member of the local development council; and 19 |
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| 79 | 79 | | 3. the Delegates or the Delegates’ designees shall serve as 20 |
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| 80 | 80 | | members of the local development council. 21 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (II) IF THE VIDEO LOTTERY FAC ILITY IS LOCATED IN ANNE 22 |
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| 83 | 83 | | ARUNDEL COUNTY, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE SHALL APPOI NT THREE DELEGATES 23 |
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| 84 | 84 | | WHO REPRESENT THE DI STRICT WHERE THE COM MUNITIES SURROUNDING THE 24 |
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| 85 | 85 | | FACILITY ARE LOCATED OR THE DELEGATES’ DESIGNEES. 25 |
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| 87 | 87 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTH ER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 26 |
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| 88 | 88 | | 1, 2022. 27 |
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