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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 40

CHAPTER 40

(House Bill 553)

AN ACT concerning

Board of State Canvassers - Membership

FOR the purpose of amending the membership of the Board
of State Canvassers; providing that the State
Administrator of Election Laws shall serve as
Secretary to the Board and shall convene certain
meetings of the Board; and making style changes.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 33 - Election Code

Section 18-1(a) and (b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 18-1(a) and (b) of Article 33 -
Election Code, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971
Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and they are
hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 33 — Election Code

18-1.

(a)   The [chairman of the State Administrative
Board of Elections Laws,] SECRETARY OF STATE,
Comptroller, State Treasurer, Clerk of the Court of
Appeals and Attorney General shall constitute the Board
of State Canvassers, three of whom shall be a quorum.
THE STATE ADMINISTRATOR OF ELECTION LAWS SHALL SERVE AS
SECRETARY TO THE BOARD.

(b)    The [chairman of the State Administrative
Board] STATE ADMINISTRATOR of Election Laws shall convene
the meeting of the Board of State Canvassers to be held
at his office within [thirty] 30 days after any State
election, or any election at which a candidate for member
of the Congress of the United States is to be elected.
If a majority does not attend, those present shall
adjourn until the next day, at which time they shall
proceed, without further delay, to canvass the votes.