EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. Underlining indicates amendments to bill. Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by amendment. *sb0718* SENATE BILL 718 L2 5lr2337 CF HB 967 By: Senator Carozza Introduced and read first time: January 27, 2025 Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee Report: Favorable Senate action: Adopted Read second time: February 24, 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