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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="9-401" title_number="9" title_name="General and Administrative Provisions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Tourism Zones">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies only to code counties and commission counties.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The number of county commissioners in each county shall be set by the public local laws of the county.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the county commissioners shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>meet within 60 days after their election; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>qualify by taking the constitutional oath.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The County Commissioners of St. Mary’s County shall take office on the first Monday in December after their election.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The county commissioners shall meet at least once each quarter.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The County Commissioners of St. Mary’s County shall meet at least 48 times a year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The County Commissioners of Washington County shall hold at least 10 of their general meetings each year in the evening.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
