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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="9-306" title_number="9" title_name="General and Administrative Provisions" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The county board of elections shall submit the question of code home rule to the voters of the county for their adoption or rejection:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>at the next regular congressional election; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>in accordance with the requirements of the Election Law Article as to time, notice, and form.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The ballot shall contain the words “For Adoption of Code Home Rule” and “Against Adoption of Code Home Rule”.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Within 10 days after receiving a certification of the vote on the referendum from the county board of elections:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>if a majority of those who voted on the question voted in favor of adoption of code home rule:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the county commissioners publicly shall so proclaim; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>on the 30th day after the public proclamation, the county shall become a code county; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if less than a majority of those who voted on the question voted in favor of adoption of code home rule:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the county commissioners publicly shall so proclaim; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the proclamation shall state that the proposal to adopt code home rule is not approved.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>After the adoption or rejection of code home rule, the county commissioners promptly shall send notification as follows:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>five copies to the Department of Legislative Services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>one copy to the Secretary of State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>one copy to the State Archives; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>one copy to the Maryland Thurgood Marshall State Law Library.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
