§ 9-315. Annual duties regarding local laws -- Department of Legislative Services

   (a) Inquiry to code counties. --

   (1) At the end of each calendar year, the Department of Legislative Services shall ask each code county whether the county has enacted any part of its public local laws during that calendar year or its latest fiscal year.

   (2) The code county promptly shall:

      (i) answer the inquiry; and

      (ii) verify that copies of the requested enactments of public local laws already have been sent to the Department of Legislative Services.

(b) Noncompliance by code counties. --

   (1) The Department of Legislative Services promptly shall certify to the Comptroller if a code county does not comply with subsection (a) of this section or § 9-314(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 code county 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 compilations of public local laws. -- The Department of Legislative Services shall:

   (1) arrange in a logical and convenient order the titles of the laws of each code county that amends its code of public local laws;

   (2) print each title, identified as a title of the laws of a code county that amends its code of public local laws, 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. 25B, § 12(e)-(g); 2013, ch. 119, § 2.