Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 5 - Merger of Municipalities
Section 4-505 - Action on Unified Charter by Legislative Bodies

(a)    (1)    The charter commission shall submit a proposed unified charter to the legislative body of each municipality.
        (2)    The legislative body shall include the proposed charter in a resolution that is considered in accordance with the procedural requirements provided for charter amendments in §§ 4–303(a) and 4–304 of this title.
        (3)    For purposes of § 4–303(a) of this title, the resolution is considered to embrace only one subject.
    (b)    Each legislative body may:
        (1)    adopt or reject the resolution; or
        (2)    amend the resolution, if the legislative bodies of the other municipalities concur.

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