CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
File Code: Counties - Generally
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Billings, C. Davis, and Hubbard
- Entitled:
-
Baltimore City and Baltimore County - Merger
Proposing amendments to the Constitution of Maryland to dissolve the
City of Baltimore and to merge the City into Baltimore County;
reducing the number and altering the composition of the appellate
judicial circuits and the judicial circuits; repealing specified
Constitutional offices for the City; providing specified provisions of
limited duration; submitting the amendment to the voters of the State;
etc.
House Action
- 2/8
- First Reading Commerce and Government Matters
- 2/10
- Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/23
- Hearing cancelled
- 3/1
- Withdrawn
Senate Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Leon G. Billings, District 18
- Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- BALTIMORE CITY
- BALTIMORE COUNTY
- CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT COURTS; DISTRICT COURTS
- DECLARATION OF RIGHTS
- JUDGES
- MANDATES
- PUBLIC OFFICIALS -see also- TREASURERS
- REFERENDUM
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Article - XIV Amendments to the Constitution
- (
1 ,
2
)
- Article - V Attorney-General and State's Attorneys
- (
2 ,
7 ,
9 ,
11 ,
12
)
- Article - XI-G City of Balti. - Resid. Rehab. & Commercial Financing Loans
- (
1 ,
2
)
- Article - XI City of Baltimore
- (
1 ,
1
)
- Article - XI-I City of Baltimore - Industrial Financing Loans
- (
1 ,
2
)
- Article - XI-B City of Baltimore - Land Development and Redevelopment
- (
1 ,
2
)
- Article - XI-H City of Baltimore - Residential Financing Loans
- (
1 ,
2
)
- Declaration of Rights
- (
15
)
- Article - I Elective Franchise
- (
2 ,
5 ,
6 ,
10
)
- Article - IV Judiciary Department
- (
3 ,
11 ,
14 ,
19 ,
20 ,
25 ,
40 ,
41 ,
41A ,
44 ,
45
)
- Article - III Legislative Department
- (
35 ,
40A ,
45 ,
61
)
- Article - XI-A Local Legislation
- (
1 ,
2 ,
3 ,
4 ,
5 ,
6
)
- Article - XIII New Counties
- (
1
)
- Article - XI-C Off-Street Parking
- (
1 ,
2 ,
3
)
- Article - XI-D Port Development
- (
1 ,
2 ,
3
)
- Article - XVIII Provisions of Limited Duration
- (
6
)
- Article - XVII Quadrennial Elections
- (
3 ,
6
)
- Article - XVI The Referendum
- (
3 ,
5
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered
