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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *hb0566* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | HOUSE BILL 566 | |
| 11 | 8 | P3, L6, N1 4lr3137 | |
| 12 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 10 | By: Delegates Grossman, Allen, Embry, Fair, Kaiser, Kaufman, Lehman, Pruski, | |
| 14 | - | Stein, Taveras, and Vogel Vogel, Alston, Bagnall, Bhandari, Cullison, | |
| 15 | - | Guzzone, Hill, R. Lewis, Lopez, Martinez, Pena–Melnyk, Rosenberg, Szeliga, | |
| 16 | - | White Holland, and Woods | |
| 11 | + | Stein, Taveras, and Vogel | |
| 17 | 12 | Introduced and read first time: January 24, 2024 | |
| 18 | 13 | Assigned to: Health and Government Operations | |
| 19 | - | Committee Report: Favorable with amendments | |
| 20 | - | House action: Adopted | |
| 21 | - | Read second time: March 2, 2024 | |
| 22 | 14 | ||
| 23 | - | ||
| 15 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 24 | 16 | ||
| 25 | 17 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 26 | 18 | ||
| 27 | - | Commission on State and Local Government – Real Property – Confederate 2 | |
| 28 | - | Naming Prohibited Bearing Confederate Names 3 | |
| 19 | + | State and Local Government – Real Property – Confederate Naming Prohibited 2 | |
| 29 | 20 | ||
| 30 | - | FOR the purpose of prohibiting a State entity or a political subdivision of the State from 4 | |
| 31 | - | assigning a Confederate name to real property owned by the State or political 5 | |
| 32 | - | subdivision; requiring certain real property to be assigned a new name on or before 6 | |
| 33 | - | a certain date; and generally relating to prohibiting Confederate naming of State and 7 | |
| 34 | - | local real property establishing the Commission on State and Local Government Real 8 | |
| 35 | - | Property Bearing Confederate Names; and generally relating to real property 9 | |
| 36 | - | bearing Confederate names. 10 | |
| 21 | + | FOR the purpose of prohibiting a State entity or a political subdivision of the State from 3 | |
| 22 | + | assigning a Confederate name to real property owned by the State or political 4 | |
| 23 | + | subdivision; requiring certain real property to be assigned a new name on or before 5 | |
| 24 | + | a certain date; and generally relating to prohibiting Confederate naming of State and 6 | |
| 25 | + | local real property. 7 | |
| 37 | 26 | ||
| 38 | - | BY adding to | |
| 39 | - | Article – General Provisions | |
| 40 | - | Section 9–101 and 9–102 to be under the new title “Title 9. State and Local | |
| 41 | - | Government Real Property Naming” | |
| 42 | - | Annotated Code of Maryland | |
| 43 | - | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) | |
| 27 | + | BY adding to 8 | |
| 28 | + | Article – General Provisions 9 | |
| 29 | + | Section 9–101 and 9–102 to be under the new title “Title 9. State and Local 10 | |
| 30 | + | Government Real Property Naming” 11 | |
| 31 | + | Annotated Code of Maryland 12 | |
| 32 | + | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 13 | |
| 44 | 33 | ||
| 45 | - | BY adding to 17 | |
| 46 | - | Article – State Government 18 2 HOUSE BILL 566 | |
| 34 | + | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14 | |
| 35 | + | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15 | |
| 36 | + | ||
| 37 | + | Article – General Provisions 16 | |
| 38 | + | ||
| 39 | + | TITLE 9. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT REAL PROPERTY NAMING. 17 | |
| 40 | + | ||
| 41 | + | 9–101. 18 | |
| 42 | + | ||
| 43 | + | (A) IN THIS TITLE THE FOLLO WING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 19 | |
| 44 | + | INDICATED. 20 | |
| 45 | + | ||
| 46 | + | (B) “CONFEDERATE NAME ” MEANS A NAME THAT CO MMEMORATES THE 21 | |
| 47 | + | CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA OR ANY PERSON WHO SERVED VOLUNTARI LY 22 2 HOUSE BILL 566 | |
| 47 | 48 | ||
| 48 | 49 | ||
| 49 | - | Section 9–3801 through 9–3808 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 38. 1 | |
| 50 | - | Commission on State and Local Government Real Property Bearing 2 | |
| 51 | - | Confederate Names” 3 | |
| 52 | - | Annotated Code of Maryland 4 | |
| 53 | - | (2021 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 5 | |
| 50 | + | WITH THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. 1 | |
| 54 | 51 | ||
| 55 | - | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 6 | |
| 56 | - | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 7 | |
| 52 | + | (C) “POLITICAL SUBDIVISION ” MEANS: 2 | |
| 57 | 53 | ||
| 58 | - | ||
| 54 | + | (1) A COUNTY; 3 | |
| 59 | 55 | ||
| 60 | - | ||
| 56 | + | (2) A MUNICIPAL CORPORAT ION; 4 | |
| 61 | 57 | ||
| 62 | - | ||
| 58 | + | (3) AN UNINCORPORATED TO WN; 5 | |
| 63 | 59 | ||
| 64 | - | ||
| 60 | + | (4) A SCHOOL DISTRICT ; OR 6 | |
| 65 | 61 | ||
| 66 | - | SUBTITLE 38. COMMISSION ON STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT REAL PROPERTY 12 | |
| 67 | - | BEARING CONFEDERATE NAMES. 13 | |
| 62 | + | (5) A SPECIAL DISTRICT . 7 | |
| 68 | 63 | ||
| 69 | - | 9–3801. 14 | |
| 64 | + | (D) “REAL PROPERTY ” INCLUDES STREETS , BUILDINGS, PARKS, AND 8 | |
| 65 | + | SUBDIVISIONS. 9 | |
| 70 | 66 | ||
| 71 | - | ( | |
| 72 | - | ||
| 67 | + | (E) “STATE ENTITY ” INCLUDES ALL UNITS AND AGENCIES IN THE 10 | |
| 68 | + | EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES OF STATE GOVERNMENT . 11 | |
| 73 | 69 | ||
| 74 | - | (B) “COMMISSION” MEANS THE COMMISSION ON STATE AND LOCAL 17 | |
| 75 | - | GOVERNMENT REAL PROPERTY BEARING CONFEDERATE NAMES. 18 | |
| 70 | + | 9–102. 12 | |
| 76 | 71 | ||
| 77 | - | ||
| 78 | - | ||
| 79 | - | ||
| 72 | + | A STATE ENTITY OR A POLITICAL SUBDI VISION OF THE STATE MAY NOT 13 | |
| 73 | + | ASSIGN A CONFEDERATE NAME TO REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE STATE OR 14 | |
| 74 | + | POLITICAL SUBDIVISIO N. 15 | |
| 80 | 75 | ||
| 81 | - | (C) (D) “POLITICAL SUBDIVISION ” MEANS: 22 | |
| 76 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That , if real property, as defined 16 | |
| 77 | + | under § 9–101 of the General Provisions Article, as enacted by Section 1 of this Act, has a 17 | |
| 78 | + | Confederate name, as defined under § 9–101 of the General Provisions Article, as enacted 18 | |
| 79 | + | by Section 1 of this Act, on the effective date of this Act, the State entity or political 19 | |
| 80 | + | subdivision of the State responsible for assigning a name to the real property shall assign 20 | |
| 81 | + | a new name to the real property on or before January 1, 2027. 21 | |
| 82 | 82 | ||
| 83 | - | (1) A COUNTY; 23 | |
| 83 | + | SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 22 | |
| 84 | + | October 1, 2024. 23 | |
| 84 | 85 | ||
| 85 | - | (2) A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ; 24 | |
| 86 | - | ||
| 87 | - | (3) AN UNINCORPORATED TO WN; 25 | |
| 88 | - | ||
| 89 | - | (4) A SCHOOL DISTRICT ; OR 26 | |
| 90 | - | ||
| 91 | - | (5) A SPECIAL DISTRICT . 27 | |
| 92 | - | HOUSE BILL 566 3 | |
| 93 | - | ||
| 94 | - | ||
| 95 | - | (D) (E) “REAL PROPERTY ” INCLUDES STREETS , BUILDINGS, PARKS, AND 1 | |
| 96 | - | SUBDIVISIONS. 2 | |
| 97 | - | ||
| 98 | - | (E) “STATE ENTITY ” INCLUDES ALL UNITS A ND AGENCIES IN THE 3 | |
| 99 | - | EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES OF STATE GOVERNMENT . 4 | |
| 100 | - | ||
| 101 | - | 9–102. 5 | |
| 102 | - | ||
| 103 | - | A STATE ENTITY OR A POL ITICAL SUBDIVISION O F THE STATE MAY NOT 6 | |
| 104 | - | ASSIGN A CONFEDERATE NAME TO R EAL PROPERTY OWNED B Y THE STATE OR 7 | |
| 105 | - | POLITICAL SUBDIVISIO N. 8 | |
| 106 | - | ||
| 107 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, if real property, as defined 9 | |
| 108 | - | under § 9–101 of the General Provisions Article, as enacted by Section 1 of this Act, has a 10 | |
| 109 | - | Confederate name, as defined under § 9–101 of the General Provisions Article, as enacted 11 | |
| 110 | - | by Section 1 of this Act, on the effective date of this Act, the State entity or political 12 | |
| 111 | - | subdivision of the State responsible for assigning a name to the real property shall assign 13 | |
| 112 | - | a new name to the real property on or before January 1, 2027. 14 | |
| 113 | - | ||
| 114 | - | 9–3802. 15 | |
| 115 | - | ||
| 116 | - | (A) THERE IS A COMMISSION ON STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT REAL 16 | |
| 117 | - | PROPERTY BEARING CONFEDERATE NAMES. 17 | |
| 118 | - | ||
| 119 | - | (B) THE COMMISSION IS AN INDE PENDENT UNIT IN THE EXECUTIVE 18 | |
| 120 | - | BRANCH OF STATE GOVERNMENT . 19 | |
| 121 | - | ||
| 122 | - | 9–3803. 20 | |
| 123 | - | ||
| 124 | - | (A) (1) THE COMMISSION CONSISTS O F 24 MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE 21 | |
| 125 | - | GOVERNOR WITH THE ADV ICE AND CONSEN T OF THE SENATE. 22 | |
| 126 | - | ||
| 127 | - | (2) THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOIN T ONE REPRESENTATIVE OF EACH 23 | |
| 128 | - | COUNTY. 24 | |
| 129 | - | ||
| 130 | - | (B) THE GOVERNOR MAY REMOVE A MEMBER FOR INCOMPETE NCE OR 25 | |
| 131 | - | MISCONDUCT . 26 | |
| 132 | - | ||
| 133 | - | 9–3804. 27 | |
| 134 | - | ||
| 135 | - | THE COMMISSION SHALL ELEC T ANNUALLY A CHAIR A ND VICE CHAIR FROM 28 | |
| 136 | - | AMONG ITS MEMBERS . 29 | |
| 137 | - | ||
| 138 | - | 9–3805. 30 | |
| 139 | - | 4 HOUSE BILL 566 | |
| 140 | - | ||
| 141 | - | ||
| 142 | - | (A) (1) THE COMMISSION SHALL MEET AT LEAST QUARTERLY . 1 | |
| 143 | - | ||
| 144 | - | (2) IN ADDITION TO MEETIN G AT LEAST QUARTERLY , THE 2 | |
| 145 | - | COMMISSION SHALL MEET AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR OR THE GOVERNOR. 3 | |
| 146 | - | ||
| 147 | - | (B) A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION: 4 | |
| 148 | - | ||
| 149 | - | (1) MAY NOT RECEIVE COMP ENSATION AS A MEMBER OF THE 5 | |
| 150 | - | COMMISSION; BUT 6 | |
| 151 | - | ||
| 152 | - | (2) IS ENTITLED TO REIMB URSEMENT FOR EXPENSE S UNDER THE 7 | |
| 153 | - | STANDARD STATE TRAVEL REGULATIONS, AS PROVIDED IN THE STATE BUDGET . 8 | |
| 154 | - | ||
| 155 | - | 9–3806. 9 | |
| 156 | - | ||
| 157 | - | (A) (1) WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR, THE COMMISSION 10 | |
| 158 | - | SHALL APPOINT A DIRE CTOR. 11 | |
| 159 | - | ||
| 160 | - | (2) THE DIRECTOR MAY NOT BE A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION. 12 | |
| 161 | - | ||
| 162 | - | (3) THE DIRECTOR SERVES A T THE PLEASURE OF TH E COMMISSION, 13 | |
| 163 | - | SUBJECT TO CONCURREN CE OF THE GOVERNOR. 14 | |
| 164 | - | ||
| 165 | - | (B) (1) THE DIRECTOR IS A SPE CIAL APPOINTMENT IN THE STATE 15 | |
| 166 | - | PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 16 | |
| 167 | - | ||
| 168 | - | (2) THE DIRECTOR SHALL BE PAID A SALARY OF $80,000 ANNUALLY. 17 | |
| 169 | - | ||
| 170 | - | (C) THE GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUD E IN THE ANNUAL BUDG ET BILL AN 18 | |
| 171 | - | APPROPRIATION OF $80,000 FOR THE SALARY OF TH E DIRECTOR. 19 | |
| 172 | - | ||
| 173 | - | 9–3807. 20 | |
| 174 | - | ||
| 175 | - | (A) THE COMMISSION SHALL : 21 | |
| 176 | - | ||
| 177 | - | (1) DEVELOP AND IMPLEMEN T A FRAMEWO RK TO IDENTIFY REAL 22 | |
| 178 | - | PROPERTY BEARING A CONFEDERATE NAME THAT IS OWNED BY THE STATE OR A 23 | |
| 179 | - | POLITICAL SUBDIVISIO N; AND 24 | |
| 180 | - | ||
| 181 | - | (2) MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE REAL P ROPERTY 25 | |
| 182 | - | THAT SHOULD BE RENAM ED. 26 | |
| 183 | - | ||
| 184 | - | (B) ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1, 2031, THE COMMISSION SHALL REPO RT ITS 27 | |
| 185 | - | FINDINGS AND RECOMME NDATIONS TO THE GOVERNOR, THE MAYOR AND CITY 28 HOUSE BILL 566 5 | |
| 186 | - | ||
| 187 | - | ||
| 188 | - | COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE CITY, THE GOVERNING BODY O F EACH COUNTY , AND, IN 1 | |
| 189 | - | ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 OF THIS ARTICLE, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 2 | |
| 190 | - | ||
| 191 | - | (C) NOTHING IN THIS SECTI ON MAY BE CONSTRUED TO AUTHORIZE THE 3 | |
| 192 | - | COMMISSION TO RENAME REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE STATE OR A POLITICAL 4 | |
| 193 | - | SUBDIVISION. 5 | |
| 194 | - | ||
| 195 | - | 9–3808. 6 | |
| 196 | - | ||
| 197 | - | (A) (1) THE COMMISSION MAY SEEK M ONEY FROM THE FEDERA L 7 | |
| 198 | - | GOVERNMENT , FOUNDATIONS , AND PRIVATE SOURCES IN ADDITION TO STATE 8 | |
| 199 | - | FINANCING. 9 | |
| 200 | - | ||
| 201 | - | (2) THE COMMISSION MAY ACCEPT GIF TS, GRANTS, DONATIONS, 10 | |
| 202 | - | BEQUESTS, OR ENDOWMENTS FOR AN Y OF ITS PURPOSES . 11 | |
| 203 | - | ||
| 204 | - | (B) MONEY RECEIVED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION AND 12 | |
| 205 | - | INCOME AND FEES DERI VED FROM EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND ACTIVI TIES OF 13 | |
| 206 | - | THE COMMISSION ARE NOT SU BJECT TO § 7–302 OF THE STATE FINANCE AND 14 | |
| 207 | - | PROCUREMENT ARTICLE. 15 | |
| 208 | - | ||
| 209 | - | (C) MONEY MAINTAINED UNDE R THIS SECTION IS SU BJECT TO AUDIT BY 16 | |
| 210 | - | THE STATE, INCLUDING THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR. 17 | |
| 211 | - | ||
| 212 | - | SECTION 3. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 18 | |
| 213 | - | October July 1, 2024. 2025. It shall remain effective for a period of 7 years and, at the end 19 | |
| 214 | - | of June 30, 2032, this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall 20 | |
| 215 | - | be abrogated and of no further force and effect. 21 | |
| 216 | - | ||
| 217 | - | ||
| 218 | - | ||
| 219 | - | Approved: | |
| 220 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 221 | - | Governor. | |
| 222 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 223 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. | |
| 224 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 225 | - | President of the Senate. |