§ 4-311. Annual duties regarding charter amendments -- Department of Legislative Services

   (a) Inquiry to municipalities. --

   (1) At the end of each calendar year, the Department of Legislative Services shall ask each municipality whether any charter enactments have been adopted during that calendar year or the last fiscal year.

   (2) The municipality promptly shall:

      (i) answer the inquiry; and

      (ii) verify, by a signed and notarized statement, that copies of the charter enactments already have been sent to the Department of Legislative Services.

(b) Noncompliance by municipalities. --

   (1) The Department of Legislative Services promptly shall certify to the State Comptroller if a municipality does not comply with subsection (a) of this section or § 4-310(c) or (d) of this subtitle.

   (2) If the Department of Legislative Services certifies noncompliance, the Comptroller may discontinue all funds, grants, or State aid that the municipality is entitled to under State law relating to:

      (i) the income tax;

      (ii) the tax on racing;

      (iii) the recordation tax;

      (iv) the admissions and amusement tax; and

      (v) license taxes or fees.

(c) Printing and indexing of municipal compilations and statements. -- The Department of Legislative Services shall:

   (1) arrange in a logical and convenient order the titles of the laws of the municipalities that amend the municipal charters;

   (2) print each title, identified as a title of the laws of the municipality, in the Session Laws of the General Assembly for its regular session in that year; and

   (3) index each title with or in a supplemental volume to the laws enacted by the General Assembly.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 23A, § 17A(e), (f), (g); 2013, ch. 119, § 2.