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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 33.06.03.04" title_num="33" subtitle_num="06" chapter_num="03" heading="Subject and Purpose.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Description Required. Each signature page shall include a description of the subject and purpose of the petition, as required by:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Election Law Article, §6-201(c)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>This regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Information To Be Provided. Except as otherwise specified in this regulation, the description shall include the same information as that required by COMAR 33.06.02.02 for the information page.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Exception—Summary or Text of Question.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>This section applies to any petition that seeks to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Refer an Act of the General Assembly;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Amend a county charter; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Refer an act of a county's governing body.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>For a petition described in §C(1) of this regulation, each signature page shall contain:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The full text of the proposal; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A summary of the proposal, as required by COMAR 33.06.02.02 for the information page.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If the signature page does not include the full text of the proposal, the signature page shall prominently state that a copy of the full text is immediately available from the circulator.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Exception—Formation of Political Party. For a petition to form a new political party, the description of subject and purpose on the signature page need not identify the individuals who will constitute the initial governing body.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>