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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="7-102" title_number="7" title_name="Questions" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A question relating to the holding of a constitutional convention qualifies for the ballot automatically every 20 years pursuant to Article XIV, § 2 of the Maryland Constitution.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A question relating to the adoption of a new or altered Constitution qualifies upon its adoption by a duly constituted convention pursuant to Article XIV, § 2 of the Maryland Constitution.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An amendment to the Constitution qualifies upon its passage by the General Assembly pursuant to Article XIV, § 1 of the Maryland Constitution.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A question on an act of the General Assembly pursuant to Article XVI of the Maryland Constitution qualifies upon the certification under Title 6 of this article, that the petition has satisfied all the requirements established by Article XVI.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A question relating to the creation of a home rule county government qualifies upon either:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a determination by the appropriate local authority that the applicable petition has satisfied all the requirements established by law relating to the creation of a charter board; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the adoption by the governing body of a county of an enactment proposing that the county become a code county.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A question relating to the approval of a county charter qualifies upon the adoption of a proposed charter by a charter board pursuant to the requirements prescribed by Article XI-A of the Maryland Constitution.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A question relating to the amendment of a county charter shall qualify either upon:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the passage by the governing body of the county of a resolution proposing the amendment; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a determination by the governing body of the county that a petition submitted has satisfied all the requirements established by law relating to petitions initiating charter amendments.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A question relating to the creation of a new county or the alteration of county boundaries qualifies upon the enactment of the implementing public general law.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A question referred to the voters as provided in an enactment of the General Assembly qualifies upon the enactment of the law calling for the question.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A question on an enactment by a charter county qualifies pursuant to local law and § 9–205 of the Local Government Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A question on an enactment by a code county qualifies pursuant to local law and §§ 9–310 through 9–313 of the Local Government Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>A question relating to the incorporation of a new municipal corporation qualifies upon the determination by the county governing body that the applicable petition has satisfied all the requirements established by law for that petition.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>A referendum on a question of issuance of a bond pursuant to § 9-934 of the Environment Article qualifies upon submission of the question to the appropriate local board.</text>
  </level>
</section>
