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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 1 Commission established.">
  <section prefix="§" num="1" heading="Commission established.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">A Charter Review Commission shall be established decennially in accordance with &lt;cite data-path="XI"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt; by resolution of the Mayor and City Council no later than May 1 in the first odd-numbered year of each decade.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Interim commissions.">Notwithstanding &lt;cite data-path="XI|§1|(a)"&gt;subsection (a) of this section&lt;/cite&gt;, a Charter Review Commission may be established in accordance with &lt;cite data-path="XI"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt; by resolution of the Mayor and City Council no later than May 1 in any year that precedes a congressional election.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Initial commission.">The first Commission under &lt;cite data-path="XI"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt; shall be established no later than May 1, 2021.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Res. 20--018, ratified Nov. 3, 2020</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
