Maryland Statutes
Division III - Counties
Title 9 - General and Administrative Provisions

Section 9-107 - Advertising, Printing, and Publishing of Enactments and Annual Statements; Recording and Indexing of Records; Audit of County Books and Accounts Required - (a) This section applies to all counties except: (1) Anne...

Section 9-108 - Jurisdiction and Service of Process on Navigable Rivers - (a) Except where a dividing line is fixed in a...

Section 9-109 - Jurisdiction and Service of Process on Navigable Waters Other Than Rivers - (a) This section does not apply if the boundary between...

Section 9-110 - Frederick County Is Region of State - Frederick County is a region of the State and shall...

Section 9-111 - Allegany County -- Office Hours - The County Commissioners of Allegany County may direct that any...

Section 9-112 - Meridian Line - (a) (1) The governing body of each county may erect...

Section 9-113 - Baltimore City and Montgomery County -- Residency Requirements for Chief Executive Officer - (a) In this section, “chief executive officer” means: (1) the...

Subtitle 2 - Charter Counties

Section 9-201 - General Authority - A charter county: (1) shall have perpetual succession; (2) may...

Section 9-202 - Effect of Adoption of Charter - When a county becomes a charter county: (1) all property...

Section 9-203 - Notice of Adoption or Rejection of Charter - After the adoption or rejection of charter home rule, a...

Section 9-204 - Council Members - (a) Members of the county council of a charter county...

Section 9-205 - Power of Referendum - (a) (1) The voters of a charter county may reserve...

Section 9-206 - Annual Duties Regarding Local Laws -- Charter Counties - (a) (1) At the end of each calendar or fiscal...

Section 9-207 - Annual Duties Regarding Local Laws -- Department of Legislative Services - (a) (1) At the end of each calendar year, the...

Subtitle 3 - Code Counties

Section 9-301 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 9-302 - Classes of Code Counties - (a) (1) There are four classes of code counties, based...

Section 9-303 - Authority to Adopt Home Rule - The county commissioners of each county may adopt code home...

Section 9-304 - Notice of Intent to Adopt Home Rule - (a) If the county commissioners decide to formally consider adopting...

Section 9-305 - Resolution to Adopt Home Rule - (a) Within 60 days after the last public hearing, the...

Section 9-306 - Referendum on Home Rule - (a) The county board of elections shall submit the question...

Section 9-307 - Return to Prior Form of Government - A code county may return to its form of government...

Section 9-308 - Power to Enact Public Local Laws - Each code county shall proceed in accordance with this subtitle...

Section 9-309 - Legislative Days - (a) By public local law, the county commissioners of a...

Section 9-310 - Requirements for Public Local Laws - (a) Each public local law of a code county shall...

Section 9-311 - Legislative Procedure - (a) A county commissioner of a code county may introduce...

Section 9-312 - Effective Dates of Public Local Laws - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 9-313 - Referendum on Public Local Law - (a) (1) The voters of a code county may submit...

Section 9-314 - Annual Duties Regarding Local Laws -- Code Counties - (a) At the end of each calendar or fiscal year,...

Section 9-315 - Annual Duties Regarding Local Laws -- Department of Legislative Services - (a) (1) At the end of each calendar year, the...

Subtitle 4 - Code Counties and Commission Counties

Section 9-401 - County Commissioners - (a) This section applies only to code counties and commission...

Section 9-402 - Vacancy in Office of County Commissioner - (a) This section applies only to: (1) commission counties; and...

Section 9-403 - County Commissioners as Corporation - (a) This section applies only to code counties and commission...

Section 9-404 - Legal Claims -- Generally - (a) This section applies only to code counties and commission...

Section 9-405 - Ethics - (a) This section applies only to code counties and commission...

Section 9-406 - Payment of Premium for Bonds of County Officials - (a) This section applies only to code counties and commission...

Subtitle 5 - St. Mary's County Open Meetings Act

Section 9-501 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 9-502 - Public Policy - It is the policy of St. Mary’s County that: (1)...

Section 9-503 - Conflict With Another Statute, Ordinance, Regulation, or Rule - This subtitle prevails if it conflicts with another statute, ordinance,...

Section 9-504 - Open Meetings of Public Agency - (a) Except as provided in § 9–512 of this subtitle,...

Section 9-505 - Notice - (a) This section does not apply to a staff meeting....

Section 9-506 - Reconvened Public Agency Meetings - A public agency meeting may be adjourned and reconvened at...

Section 9-507 - Emergency Public Agency Meetings - (a) This section does not apply to a staff meeting....

Section 9-508 - Meeting Minutes - (a) This section does not apply to: (1) a staff...

Section 9-509 - Broadcasting and Recording of Meeting - (a) A public agency that conducts a meeting that is...

Section 9-510 - Staff Meetings - Except as provided in § 9–512 of this subtitle, a...

Section 9-511 - Meeting Location - A public agency meeting that is required to be open...

Section 9-512 - Closed Sessions - (a) A public agency meeting or a staff meeting may...

Section 9-513 - Rules and Regulations - A public agency may adopt rules and regulations to maintain...

Section 9-514 - Judicial Review - (a) (1) A person denied a right conferred by this...

Section 9-515 - Penalty - (a) (1) A person who knowingly violates this subtitle more...

Section 9-516 - Short Title - This subtitle may be cited as the St. Mary’s County...

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Maryland Statutes Division III - Counties Title 9 - General and Administrative Provisions

Maryland Statutes
Division III - Counties
Title 9 - General and Administrative Provisions