Sec. 16-2. Boundaries of Council districts.

   The boundaries of the 7 Council districts required under Section 103 of the County Charter are shown on a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) map located on the Council’s website and identified as the 2021 Approved Council District Map. (CY 1991 L.M.C., ch. 45, § 1; 1997 L.M.C., ch. 12, § 1; 1999 L.M.C., ch. 7, § 1; 2001 L.M.C., ch. 34, § 1; 2011 L.M.C., ch 22, § 1 ; 2021 L.M.C., ch. 34, §1 .)

   Editor’s note—2021 L.M.C., ch. 34, § 2, states: Sec. 2. Expedited Effective Date. The Council declares it is necessary for the immediate protection of the public interest. The district boundaries are for the purpose of regulating Council elections conducted after December 31, 2021. This Act takes effect on the date on which it becomes law.

   Formerly Sec. 16-22, renumbered by 1999 L.M.C., ch. 7, § 1.

Sec. 16-3. Reserved.

   Editor’s note—Renumbered by 1999 L.M.C., ch. 7, § 1.

Article II. Referenda.

Division 1. Generally.

Sec. 16-4. Conducted by Board of Elections.

   The County Board of Elections must conduct any referendum on any County law as provided in section 115 of the County Charter. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 9-13; 2006 L.M.C., ch. 33, § 1.)

   Editor’s note-The above section is cited in City of Takoma Park v. Citizens for Decent Government, 301 Md. 439, 483 A.2d 348 (1984).

Sec. 16-5. Petition-Form.

   A petition for a referendum on any legislation, or part thereof, enacted by the Council and subject to referendum under the charter, shall be composed of one or more sheets, each in substantially the following form:

"REFERENDUM PETITION"

   "We, the undersigned registered voters of Montgomery County, Maryland, do hereby petition for a referendum vote on [the provisions (identifying them briefly) of] the act entitled ‘An Act [inserting title],’ enacted by the County Council for Montgomery County, Maryland, at its [insert month and year] legislative session." (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 9-14; 1969 L.M.C., ch. 32, § 2.)

   Editor’s note-The above section is cited in City of Takoma Park v. Citizens for Decent Government, 301 Md. 439, 483 A.2d 348 (1984).

Sec. 16-6. Same-Signatures, etc.

   Following the petition, there shall be the signatures of the petitioners who shall be registered voters of the County. Opposite the signature of each signer, there shall appear the residential address of the signer in the county. Below the signature of each signer, the signer's name shall appear in print or type lettering.

   Below the signatures on each sheet of the petition, there shall appear an affidavit stating that each signature on the sheet was affixed in the presence of the affiant and that each signature is the signature of the signer affixed by voluntary act of the signer.

   All sheets duly filed of a petition for a referendum on the same act shall constitute a single petition for a referendum on that act. The total number of signatures of different registered voters attached to the sheets constituting a single petition shall be not less than the number required by the charter. The number of required signatures must be computed by using the number of registered voters shown in the records of the board of supervisors of elections on the day the act becomes law. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 9-15; L.M.C., ch. 32, § 3; 1976 L.M.C., ch. 31, § 1; 1984 L.M.C., ch. 34, § 1.)

Sec. 16-7. Same-Filing.

   All sheets of a referendum petition shall be filed with the board of election supervisors, not later than the date prescribed in the charter. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 9-16; 1969 L.M.C., ch. 32, § 4.)