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HOUSE BILL 599
P4 5lr1496
CF SB 373
By: Delegate Pruski
Introduced and read first time: January 23, 2025
Assigned to: Appropriations
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 1, 2025
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
State Personnel – BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department – Collective 2
Bargaining and Arbitration Processes 3
FOR the purpose of altering the collective bargaining process between the State and 4
uniformed fire employees of the BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department by 5
requiring the parties to reach a collective bargaining agreement on or before a 6
certain date; establishing a process of binding arbitration in the event of an impasse; 7
requiring that each budget bill contain the appropriations necessary to implement 8
all terms and conditions of employment in certain memoranda of understanding for 9
the next ensuing fiscal year; and generally relating to collective bargaining between 10
the State and employees of the BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department. 11
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 12
Article – State Personnel and Pensions 13
Section 3–501 and 3–603 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2024 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 16
BY proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution 17
Article III – Legislative Department 18
Section 52 19
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 20
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 21
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Article – State Personnel and Pensions 1
3–501. 2
(a) (1) The following individuals or entities shall designate one or more 3
representatives to participate as a party in collective bargaining on behalf of the State or 4
the following institutions: 5
(i) on behalf of the State, the Governor; 6
(ii) on behalf of the Maryland Environmental Service, the Board of 7
Directors of the Service; 8
(iii) on behalf of the University System of Maryland, the Chancellor; 9
and 10
(iv) on behalf of Morgan State University, St. Mary’s College of 11
Maryland, or Baltimore City Community College, the governing board of the institution. 12
(2) The exclusive representative shall designate one or more 13
representatives to participate as a party in collective bargaining on behalf of the exclusive 14
representative. 15
(b) The parties shall meet at reasonable times and engage in collective bargaining 16
in good faith, including facilitating the meaningful use of a fact finder under subsection 17
(c)(3) of this section, and to conclude a written memorandum of understanding or other 18
written understanding as defined under § 3–101(d)(1)(i)2 of this title. 19
(c) (1) The parties shall make every reasonable effort to conclude negotiations 20
in a timely manner for inclusion by the principal unit in its budget request to the Governor. 21
(2) (i) The parties shall conclude negotiations before January 1 for any 22
item requiring an appropriation of funds for the fiscal year that begins on the following 23
July 1. 24
(ii) In the budget bill submitted to the General Assembly, the 25
Governor shall include any amounts in the budgets of the principal units required to 26
accommodate any additional cost resulting from the negotiations, including the actuarial 27
impact of any legislative changes to any of the State pension or retirement systems that 28
are required, as a result of the negotiations, for the fiscal year beginning the following July 29
1 if the legislative changes have been negotiated to become effective in that fiscal year. 30
(3) (i) THIS PARAGRAPH DOES NOT A PPLY TO NEGOTIATIONS 31
BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE EXCLUSI VE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNIFORMED 32
FIRE EMPLOYEES OF TH E BWI AIRPORT FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT . 33
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(II) If the parties do not conclude negotiations for the next fiscal year 1
before October 25, either party may request that a fact finder be employed to resolve the 2
issues. 3
[(ii)] (III) The fact finder shall be employed no later than November 4
1. 5
[(iii)] (IV) A fact finder shall be a neutral party appointed by 6
alternate striking from a list by the parties provided: 7
1. by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; or 8
2. under the Labor Arbitration Rules of the American 9
Arbitration Association. 10
[(iv)] (V) The fact finder: 11
1. may give notice and hold hearings in accordance with the 12
Administrative Procedure Act; 13
2. may administer oaths and take testimony and other 14
evidence; 15
3. may issue subpoenas; and 16
4. before November 20, shall make written recommendations 17
regarding wages, hours, and working conditions, and any other terms or conditions of 18
employment that may be in dispute. 19
[(v)] (VI) The written recommendations of the fact finder shall be 20
delivered to the Governor, the exclusive representative, the President of the Senate, and 21
the Speaker of the House of Delegates by the Secretary on or before December 1. 22
(4) (I) THIS PARAGRAPH APPLIE S ONLY TO NEGOTIATIO NS 23
BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE EXCLUSI VE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNIFORMED 24
FIRE EMPLOYEES OF TH E BWI AIRPORT FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT . 25
(II) THE PARTIES SHALL REA CH AN AGREEMENT BY 26
SEPTEMBER 30 OF THE YEAR IN WHICH A COLLECTIVE BARGAIN ING AGREEMENT 27
WILL EXPIRE. 28
(III) AN IMPASSE IS REACHED DURING THE NEGOTIATI ONS IF 29
THE PARTIES DO NOT R EACH AN AGREEMENT : 30
1. BY STATING THAT THEY MUTUALLY AGREE THEY ARE 31
AT AN IMPASSE; OR 32 4 HOUSE BILL 599
2. ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1 OF THE YEAR IN WHICH A 1
COLLECTIVE BARGAININ G AGREEMENT WILL EXP IRE. 2
(IV) IF AN IMPASSE IS REAC HED UNDER SUBPARAGRA PH (III) OF 3
THIS PARAGRAPH , EACH PARTY SHALL SUB MIT ITS LAST, BEST, AND FINAL OFFER 4
TO THE OTHER PARTY W ITHIN 48 HOURS AFTER THE IMPA SSE IS REACHED. 5
(V) 1. UNLESS THE IMPASSE HA S BEEN RESOLVED , THE 6
PARTIES SHALL MEET W ITHIN 5 BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE IMPASSE IS REACH ED 7
UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF THIS PARAGRAPH TO SELECT AN ARBITRATOR 8
FROM A LIST OF 15 ARBITRATORS PROVIDED BY THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION 9
ASSOCIATION’S LABOR ARBITRATION PANEL. 10
2. THE PARTIES SHALL SEL ECT THE ARBITRATOR B Y 11
ALTERNATELY STRIKING A NAME FROM THE LIST UNTIL ONE NAME REMAI NS. 12
3. IF THE SELECTED ARBITRATOR IS UNABLE TO 13
FULFILL THE RESPONSI BILITIES OF THE ARBI TRATION, THE SELECTION PROCES S 14
SHALL BE REPEATED US ING A NEW LIST OF AR BITRATORS UNTIL AN A RBITRATOR IS 15
SELECTED. 16
4. THE PARTIES SHALL SUB MIT THE DISPUTE AND THE 17
LAST, BEST, AND FINAL OFFERS TO THE ARBITRATOR WITHIN 5 BUSINESS DAYS 18
AFTER THE ARBITRATOR IS SELECTED. 19
(VI) 1. THE ARBITRATOR SHALL HOLD FORMAL HEARINGS AS 20
NECESSARY IN ORDER T O RESOLVE THE IMPASS E. 21
2. DURING THE FIRST 21 DAYS IMMEDIATELY 22
FOLLOWING THE APPOIN TMENT OF THE ARBITRATO R AND BEFORE HOLDING ANY 23
FORMAL HEARINGS , THE ARBITRATOR MAY , IF DETERMINED APPROP RIATE BY THE 24
ARBITRATOR, ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE T HE IMPASSE BY ACTING AS A NEUTRAL 25
MEDIATOR BETWEEN THE PARTIES. 26
(VII) THE ARBITRATOR SHALL SELECT ONE PAR TY’S LAST, BEST, 27
AND FINAL OFFER ON O R BEFORE DECEMBER 15. 28
(VIII) 1. THE SUBJECT TO SUBSUBPARA GRAPH 2 OF THIS 29
SUBPARAGRAPH , THE DECISION OF THE ARBI TRATOR IS BINDING ON THE PARTIES. 30
2. A DECISION OF AN ARBIT RATOR UNDER THIS 31
PARAGRAPH RELATED TO WAGES IS SUBJECT TO TH E LIMITATIONS OF THE STATE 32
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(IX) THE PARTIES SHALL EQU ALLY SHARE THE COSTS OF THE 1
SERVICES OF THE ARBI TRATOR. 2
(d) (1) A memorandum of understanding that incorporates all matters of 3
agreement reached by the parties shall be executed by the exclusive representative and: 4
(i) for a memorandum of understanding relating to the State, the 5
Governor or the Governor’s designee; 6
(ii) for a memorandum of understanding relating to the Maryland 7
Environmental Service, the Board of Directors of the Service; 8
(iii) for a memorandum of understanding relating to a system 9
institution, the Chancellor or the Chancellor’s designee; and 10
(iv) for a memorandum of understanding relating to Morgan State 11
University, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, or Baltimore City Community College, the 12
governing board of the institution or the governing board’s designee. 13
(2) To the extent these matters require legislative approval or the 14
appropriation of funds, the matters shall be recommended to the General Assembly for 15
approval or for the appropriation of funds. 16
(3) To the extent matters involving a State institution of higher education 17
require legislative approval, the legislation shall be recommended to the Governor for 18
submission to the General Assembly. 19
(e) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, negotiations for 20
a memorandum of understanding shall be considered closed sessions under § 3–305 of the 21
General Provisions Article. 22
(2) An exclusive representative may not be considered a public body under 23
§ 3–101 of the General Provisions Article. 24
(f) (1) The terms of a memorandum of understanding executed by the 25
Governor or the Governor’s designee and an exclusive representative of a bargaining unit 26
for skilled service or professional service employees in the State Personnel Management 27
System are not applicable to employees of a State institution of higher education. 28
(2) The terms of a memorandum of understanding executed by the 29
Chancellor or the governing board of Morgan State University, St. Mary’s College of 30
Maryland, or Baltimore City Community College, or their respective designees, and the 31
exclusive representative of a bargaining unit for employees of a State institution of higher 32
education are not applicable to skilled service or professional service employees in the State 33
Personnel Management System. 34
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3–603. 1
(a) A memorandum of understanding agreed to and ratified under § 3–601 of this 2
subtitle may not expire until it is succeeded by a memorandum of understanding that is 3
agreed to and ratified OR ADOPTED BY ARBITR ATION under this title. 4
(b) Notwithstanding § 3–601(b) of this subtitle, all terms of a memorandum of 5
understanding shall continue in force and effect without change until a successor 6
memorandum of understanding is agreed to and ratified. 7
(c) (1) Based on a verified complaint by an exclusive representative, the 8
exclusive representative may file an action in a circuit court against the State, the 9
Maryland Environmental Service, a system institution, Morgan State University, St. 10
Mary’s College of Maryland, or Baltimore City Community College to enforce the terms of 11
this section. 12
(2) On receipt of an action submitted by the exclusive representative, the 13
court shall issue a status quo order without a finding of irreparable harm to maintain a 14
memorandum of understanding and the terms in effect pending a final order in the action. 15
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, (Three –fifths of all the members 16
elected to each of the two Houses concurring), That it be proposed that the Maryland 17
Constitution read as follows: 18
Article III – Legislative Department 19
52. 20
(1) The General Assembly shall not appropriate any money out of the 21
Treasury except in accordance with the provisions of this section. 22
(2) Every appropriation bill shall be either a Budget Bill, or a 23
Supplementary Appropriation Bill, as hereinafter provided. 24
(3) On the third Wednesday in January in each year, (except in the case of 25
a newly elected Governor, and then not later than ten days after the convening of the 26
General Assembly), unless such time shall be extended by the General Assembly, the 27
Governor shall submit to the General Assembly a Budget for the next ensuing fiscal year. 28
Each Budget shall contain a complete plan of proposed expenditures and estimated 29
revenues for said fiscal year and shall show the estimated surplus or deficit of revenues at 30
the end of the preceding fiscal year. EACH BUDGET SHALL ALSO CON TAIN THE 31
APPROPRIATIONS NECES SARY TO IMPLEMENT AL L TERMS AND CONDITIO NS OF 32
EMPLOYMENT IN EACH M EMORANDUM OF UNDERST ANDING CONCLUDED WIT H THE 33
STATE, WHETHER REACHED THRO UGH MUTUAL AGREEMENT OR ARBITRATION 34
THAT IS BINDING ON T HE PARTIES, AND THE GOVERNOR FOR THE NEXT ENSUING 35
FISCAL YEAR FOR THE UNIFORMED FIRE EMPLO YEES OF THE BWI AIRPORT FIRE 36 HOUSE BILL 599 7
AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT . Accompanying each Budget shall be a statement showing: 1
(a) the revenues and expenditures for the preceding fiscal year; (b) the current assets, 2
liabilities, reserves and surplus or deficit of the State; (c) the debts and funds of the State; 3
(d) an estimate of the State’s financial condition as of the beginning and end of the 4
preceding fiscal year; (e) CHANGES IN WAGES , HOURS, FRINGE BENEFITS , HEALTH 5
BENEFITS, AND OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOY MENT FOR UNIFORMED 6
FIRE EMPLOYEES OF THE BWI AIRPORT FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT 7
INCLUDED IN EACH MEM ORANDUM OF UNDERSTAN DING COVERING THE FI RE 8
EMPLOYEES FOR THE NE XT ENSUING FISCAL YE AR; AND (F) any explanation the 9
Governor may desire to make as to the important features of the Budget and any 10
suggestions as to methods for reduction or increase of the State’s revenue. 11
(4) Each Budget shall embrace an estimate of all appropriations in such 12
form and detail as the Governor shall determine or as may be prescribed by law, as follows: 13
(a) for the General Assembly as certified to the Governor in the manner hereinafter 14
provided; (b) for the Executive Department; (c) for the Judiciary Department, as provided 15
by law, as certified to the Governor; (d) to pay and discharge the principal and interest of 16
the debt of the State in conformity with Section 34 of Article III of the Constitution, and all 17
laws enacted in pursuance thereof; (e) for the salaries AND, FOR THE UNIFORMED FI RE 18
EMPLOYEES OF THE BWI AIRPORT FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT , FRINGE 19
BENEFITS payable by the State and under the Constitution and laws of the State, 20
INCLUDING THOSE SALA RIES AND BENEFITS CO MMITTED UNDER EACH 21
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERS TANDING COVERING THE UNIFORMED FIRE EMPLO YEES 22
OF THE BWI AIRPORT FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT ; (f) for the establishment and 23
maintenance throughout the State of a thorough and efficient system of public schools in 24
conformity with Article 8 of the Constitution and with the laws of the State; and (g) for such 25
other purposes as are set forth in the Constitution or laws of the State. 26
(5) The Governor shall deliver to the presiding officer of each House the 27
Budget and a bill for all the proposed appropriations of the Budget classified and in such 28
form and detail as the Governor shall determine or as may be prescribed by law; and the 29
presiding officer of each House shall promptly cause said bill to be introduced therein, and 30
such bill shall be known as the “Budget Bill.” The Governor may, with the consent of the 31
General Assembly, before final action thereon by the General Assembly, amend or 32
supplement said Budget to correct an oversight, provide funds contingent on passage of 33
pending legislation or, in case of an emergency, by delivering such an amendment or 34
supplement to the presiding officers of both Houses; and such amendment or supplement 35
shall thereby become a part of said Budget Bill as an addition to the items of said bill or as 36
a modification of or a substitute for any item of said bill such amendment or supplement 37
may affect. 38
(5a) The Budget and the Budget Bill as submitted by the Governor to the 39
General Assembly shall have a figure for the total of all proposed appropriations and a 40
figure for the total of all estimated revenues available to pay the appropriations, and the 41
figure for total proposed appropriations shall not exceed the figure for total estimated 42
revenues. Neither the Governor in submitting an amendment or supplement to the Budget 43 8 HOUSE BILL 599
Bill nor the General Assembly in amending the Budget Bill shall thereby cause the figure 1
for total proposed appropriations to exceed the figure for total estimated revenues, 2
including any revisions, and in the Budget Bill as enacted the figure for total estimated 3
revenues always shall be equal to or exceed the figure for total appropriations. 4
(6) The General Assembly shall not amend the Budget Bill so as to affect 5
either the obligations of the State under Section 34 of Article III of the Constitution, or the 6
provisions made by the laws of the State for the establishment and maintenance of a system 7
of public schools or the payment of any salaries required to be paid by the State of Maryland 8
by the Constitution. 9
(6a) In enacting a balanced Budget Bill each fiscal year as required under 10
this Section, the General Assembly may amend the bill by increasing or diminishing the 11
items therein relating to the General Assembly, and by increasing or diminishing the items 12
therein relating to the judiciary, but except as hereinbefore specified, may not alter the bill 13
except to strike out or reduce items therein, provided, however, that the salary or 14
compensation of any public officer may not be decreased during the public officer’s term of 15
office. When passed by both Houses, the Budget Bill shall be presented to the Governor for 16
approval or disapproval according to Section 17 of Article II of this Constitution. 17
(6b) In enacting a balanced Budget Bill as required under this Section for 18
fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, the General Assembly may amend the bill 19
by increasing, diminishing, or adding items therein relating to the General Assembly, by 20
increasing, diminishing, or adding items therein relating to the judiciary, and by 21
increasing, diminishing, or adding items therein relating to the Executive Department, 22
provided that the total of the appropriation for the Executive Department approved by the 23
General Assembly does not exceed the total proposed appropriation for the Executive 24
Department submitted by the Governor. The salary or compensation of any public officer 25
may not be decreased during the public officer’s term of office. When passed by both Houses, 26
the Budget Bill shall be a law immediately without further action by the Governor. 27
(7) The Governor and such representatives of the executive departments, 28
boards, officers and commissions of the State expending or applying for State’s moneys, as 29
have been designated by the Governor for this purpose, shall have the right, and when 30
requested by either House of the General Assembly, it shall be their duty to appear and be 31
heard with respect to any Budget Bill during the consideration thereof, and to answer 32
inquiries relative thereto. 33
(8) Supplementary Appropriation Bill. Either House may consider other 34
appropriations but both Houses shall not finally act upon such appropriations until after 35
the Budget Bill has been finally acted upon by both Houses, and no such other 36
appropriation shall be valid except in accordance with the provisions following: (a) Every 37
such appropriation shall be embodied in a separate bill limited to some single work, object 38
or purpose therein stated and called herein a Supplementary Appropriation Bill; (b) Each 39
Supplementary Appropriation Bill shall provide the revenue necessary to pay the 40
appropriation thereby made by a tax, direct or indirect, to be levied and collected as shall 41
be directed in said bill; (c) No Supplementary Appropriation Bill shall become a law unless 42 HOUSE BILL 599 9
it be passed in each House by a vote of a majority of the whole number of the members 1
elected, and the yeas and nays recorded on its final passage; (d) Each Supplementary 2
Appropriation Bill shall be presented to the Governor of the State as provided in Section 3
17 of Article 2 of the Constitution and thereafter all the provisions of said section shall 4
apply. 5
(9) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the General 6
Assembly from passing at any time, in accordance with the provisions of Section 28 of 7
Article 3 of the Constitution and subject to the Governor’s power of approval as provided in 8
Section 17 of Article 2 of the Constitution, an appropriation bill to provide for the payment 9
of any obligation of the State within the protection of Section 10 of Article 1 of the 10
Constitution of the United States. 11
(10) If the Budget Bill shall not have been finally acted upon by the 12
Legislature seven days before the expiration of the regular session, the Governor shall issue 13
a proclamation extending the session for some further period as may, in the Governor’s 14
judgment, be necessary for the passage of such bill; but no matter other than such bill shall 15
be considered during such extended session except a provision for the cost thereof. 16
(11) For the purpose of making up the Budget, the Governor shall require 17
from the proper State officials (including all executive departments, all executive and 18
administrative offices, bureaus, boards, commissions and agencies that expend or supervise 19
the expenditure of, and all institutions applying, for State moneys and appropriations) such 20
itemized estimates and other information, in such form and at such times as directed by 21
the Governor. An estimate for a program required to be funded by a law which will be in 22
effect during the fiscal year covered by the Budget and which was enacted before July 1 of 23
the fiscal year prior to that date shall provide a level of funding not less than that prescribed 24
in the law. The estimates for the Legislative Department, certified by the presiding officer 25
of each House, of the Judiciary, as provided by law, certified by the Chief Justice of the 26
Supreme Court of Maryland, and for the public schools, as provided by law, shall be 27
transmitted to the Governor, in such form and at such times as directed by the Governor, 28
and shall be included in the Budget without revision. 29
(12) The Governor may provide for public hearings on all estimates and may 30
require the attendance at such hearings of representatives of all agencies, and for all 31
institutions applying for State moneys. After such public hearings the Governor may, in 32
the Governor’s discretion, revise all estimates except those for the legislative and judiciary 33
departments, and for the public schools, as provided by law, and except that the Governor 34
may not reduce an estimate for a program below a level of funding prescribed by a law 35
which will be in effect during the fiscal year covered by the Budget, and which was enacted 36
before July 1 of the fiscal year prior thereto. 37
(13) The General Assembly may, from time to time, enact such laws not 38
inconsistent with this section, as may be necessary and proper to carry out its provisions. 39
(14) In the event of any inconsistency between any of the provisions of this 40
Section and any of the other provisions of the Constitution, the provisions of this Section 41 10 HOUSE BILL 599
shall prevail. But nothing herein shall in any manner affect the provisions of Section 34 of 1
Article 3 of the Constitution or of any laws heretofore or hereafter passed in pursuance 2
thereof, or be construed as preventing the Governor from calling extraordinary sessions of 3
the General Assembly, as provided by Section 16 of Article 2, or as preventing the General 4
Assembly at such extraordinary sessions from considering any emergency appropriation or 5
appropriations. 6
(15) If any item of any appropriation bill passed under the provisions of this 7
Section shall be held invalid upon any ground, such invalidity shall not affect the legality 8
of the bill or of any other item of such bill or bills. 9
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the General Assembly 10
determines that the amendment to the Maryland Constitution proposed by Section 2 of this 11
Act affects multiple jurisdictions and that the provisions of Article XIV, § 1 of the Maryland 12
Constitution concerning local approval of constitutional amendments do not apply. 13
SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That: 14
(a) The amendment to the Maryland Constitution proposed by Section 2 of this 15
Act shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the State at the next general election to be 16
held in November 2026 for adoption or rejection in accordance with Article XIV of the 17
Maryland Constitution. 18
(b) (1) At that general election, the vote on the proposed amendment to the 19
Constitution shall be by ballot, and on each ballot there shall be printed the words “For the 20
Constitutional Amendment” and “Against the Constitutional Amendment”, as now 21
provided by law. 22
(2) At that general election, a question substantially similar to the 23
following shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the State: 24
“Question ____ – Constitutional Amendment 25
Providing that each budget shall include expenditures necessary to implement 26
wages, hours, fringe benefits, health benefits, and other terms and conditions of 27
employment for State employees concluded in each memorandum of understanding 28
covering State employees.”. 29
(c) Immediately after the election, all returns shall be made to the Governor of 30
the vote for and against the proposed amendment, as directed by Article XIV of the 31
Maryland Constitution, and further proceedings had in accordance with Article XIV. 32
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 33
1, 2025. 34
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SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 1 of this Act is 1
contingent on the passage of Section 2 of this Act, a constitutional amendment, and its 2
ratification by voters of the State. 3
SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, subject to Section 5 of this 4
Act, Section 1 of this Act shall take effect on the proclamation of the Governor that the 5
constitutional amendment, having received a majority of the votes cast at the general 6
election, has been adopted by the people of Maryland. 7
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.