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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="4-505" title_number="4" title_name="In General" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Merger of Municipalities">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The charter commission shall submit a proposed unified charter to the legislative body of each municipality.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For purposes of § 4–303(a) of this title, the resolution is considered to embrace only one subject.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each legislative body may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>adopt or reject the resolution; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>amend the resolution, if the legislative bodies of the other municipalities concur.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
