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*hb0967*
HOUSE BILL 967
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SB 244/16 – EHE CF SB 718
By: Delegates Otto, Beauchamp, and Hartman
Introduced and read first time: January 31, 2025
Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
Committee Report: Favorable
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 2, 2025
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Somerset County Code of Public Local Laws – 2025 Edition – Legalization 2
FOR the purpose of legalizing the 2025 Edition of the Somerset County Code of Public Local 3
Laws and any supplement to the extent to which that code or supplement contains 4
laws enacted by the General Assembly; and generally relating to the 2025 Edition of 5
the Somerset County Code of Public Local Laws. 6
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 7
That the 2025 Edition of the Somerset County Code of Public Local Laws and any 8
supplement to the 2025 Edition of the Somerset County Code of Public Local Laws, to the 9
extent to which that code or supplement contains laws enacted by the General Assembly of 10
Maryland, is legalized. The 2025 Edition of the Somerset County Code of Public Local Laws 11
and any supplement shall be deemed and taken in all the courts of the State and by all 12
public officials of the State and its political subdivisions to be evidence of the law enacted 13
by the General Assembly contained in the code or a supplement to it. 14
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 15
1, 2025. 16