The legislative body of any municipal corporation is authorized
and empowered to fix a date and to establish procedures for the
submission of any local law, enacted pursuant to the provisions of § 5
of Article XI-E of the Constitution of Maryland, placing a maximum
limit on the rate at which property taxes may be imposed or regulating
the maximum amount of debt which may be incurred by such municipal
corporation, at any regular or special municipal election, to the
voters of such municipal corporation for their approval; and to do
whatever shall be necessary and proper in order to give effect to the
requirement of § 5 of Article XI-E of the Constitution of Maryland,
that no such local law shall become effective in regard to a municipal
corporation until and unless it shall have been approved at a regular
or special municipal election by a majority of the voters of that
municipal corporation voting on the question. The provisions of this
section shall apply to any such local law enacted after the effective
date of said Article XI-E.
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