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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDE D TO EXISTING LAW . |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb1525* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 1525 |
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| 8 | 8 | | L3 EMERGENCY BILL 5lr3557 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegates Harrison and Toles |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 20, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Rules and Executive Nominations |
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| 13 | 13 | | |
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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 | | Municipalities – Annexation – Limitations 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of prohibiting a municipality from annexing land that is located in a 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | different legislative district than a legislative district in which the municipality is 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | located; and generally relating to municipal annexation. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Article – Local Government 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 4–401 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2013 Volume and 2024 Supplement) 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Article – Local Government 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4–401. 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the legislative body of a 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | municipality may enlarge its boundaries by annexation as provided in this subtitle. 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (b) The power of annexation applies only to land that: 17 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (1) is contiguous and adjoining to the existing boundaries of the 18 |
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| 43 | 43 | | municipality; and 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) does not create an unincorporated area that is bounded on all sides by: 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (i) real property presently in the boundaries of the municipality; 21 2 HOUSE BILL 1525 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (ii) real property proposed to be in the boundaries of the municipality 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | as a result of the proposed annexation; or 2 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (iii) any combination of real property described in item (i) or (ii) of 3 |
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| 55 | 55 | | this item. 4 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (c) A municipality may not annex land that is: 5 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (1) in another municipality; OR 6 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (2) LOCATED IN A DIFFERE NT LEGISLATIVE DISTR ICT THAN A 7 |
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| 62 | 62 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE MUNICIP ALITY OR ANY PART OF THE 8 |
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| 63 | 63 | | MUNICIPALITY IS LOCA TED. 9 |
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| 65 | 65 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency 10 |
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| 66 | 66 | | measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety, has 11 |
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| 67 | 67 | | been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three–fifths of all the members elected to 12 |
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| 68 | 68 | | each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is 13 |
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| 69 | 69 | | enacted. 14 |
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