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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 | | *sb0505* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 505 |
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| 8 | 8 | | L3 EMERGENCY BILL 5lr2498 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF HB 532 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Zucker |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 23, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment |
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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 | | Local Government – Municipal Annexation – Petition and Referendum 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of allowing a certain redevelopment authority to sign a certain petition 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | for annexation and vote in an annexation referendum under certain circumstances; 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | and generally relating to municipal annexation. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Article – Local Government 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 4–402 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 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Article – Local Government 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Section 4–413 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2013 Volume and 2024 Supplement) 15 |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 16 |
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| 37 | 37 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Article – Local Government 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 4–402. 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | An annexation proposal may be initiated by: 20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (1) the legislative body of the municipality as provided in § 4–403 of this 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | subtitle; or 22 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (2) a petition in accordance with § 4–404 of this subtitle. 23 2 SENATE BILL 505 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 4–413. 1 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (A) IN THIS SECTION, “PERSON” INCLUDES A REDEVELOP MENT AUTHORITY 2 |
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| 55 | 55 | | IN A CHARTER COUNTY THAT: 3 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (1) IS CREATED BY STATUT E; 4 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (2) OWNS PROPERTY THAT H AS RECEIVED CAPITAL FUNDS FROM THE 5 |
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| 60 | 60 | | STATE FOR REDEVELOPME NT; AND 6 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (3) HAS ENTERED INTO A C ONTRACT, AFTER A COMPETITIVE 7 |
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| 63 | 63 | | SOLICITATION, WITH A FOR–PROFIT ENTITY FOR TH E REDEVELOPMENT OF T HE 8 |
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| 64 | 64 | | PROPERTY. 9 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (B) If fewer than 20 residents in an area to be annexed are eligible to sign a 10 |
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| 67 | 67 | | petition for annexation and vote in a referendum under this subtitle, any person, including 11 |
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| 68 | 68 | | the two or more joint owners of jointly owned property, who owns real property in the area 12 |
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| 69 | 69 | | to be annexed may sign the petition and vote in the referendum. 13 |
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| 71 | 71 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency 14 |
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| 72 | 72 | | measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety, has 15 |
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| 73 | 73 | | been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three–fifths of all the members elected to 16 |
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| 74 | 74 | | each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is 17 |
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| 75 | 75 | | enacted. 18 |
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