Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

HB 1343
                      Department of Legislative Services
                              Maryland General Assembly
                                    2021 Session
                           FISCAL AND POLICY NOTE
                              Third Reader - Revised
House Bill 1343                 (Delegate Kipke)
Ways and Means                             Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
   Anne Arundel County – Party Central Committees – Republican Requirements
This bill alters the manner in which members of the Anne Arundel County Republican
Party Central Committee are elected. Under the bill, three members are elected from
each councilmanic district of the county and one member is elected from the county at
large, instead of three members being elected from each legislative district wholly within
the county and one member being elected from any legislative district partially within the
county.
                                    Fiscal Summary
State Effect: The bill does not directly affect State finances.
Local Effect: The bill does not directly affect local government finances.
Small Business Effect: None.
                                         Analysis
Current Law: Each political party must have a State central committee that is the
governing body of the political party and may be composed of the members of the central
committees of the counties during their terms in office. A principal political party must
elect the members of a county central committee at a primary election. Except as otherwise
provided under county-specific provisions for certain counties (including
Anne Arundel County), the central committee for a county must consist of the number of
members determined by the party’s constitution.
In Anne Arundel County, the members of the Democratic and Republican Party Central
Committees for the county are elected in the following manner:
      three members are elected from each legislative district wholly contained within the
       county; and
      one member is elected from the portion within the county of any legislative district
       that is partially contained within the county.
                               Additional Information
Prior Introductions: None.
Designated Cross File: None.
Information Source(s): Anne Arundel County; State Board of Elections; Department of
Legislative Services
Fiscal Note History:      First Reader - March 5, 2021
rh/hlb                    Third Reader - March 24, 2021
                                 Revised - Amendment(s) - March 24, 2021
Analysis by: Scott D. Kennedy                          Direct Inquiries to:
                                                       (410) 946-5510
                                                       (301) 970-5510
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Statutes affected: 
Text - First - Anne Arundel County – Party Central Committees – Republican Requirements: 4-203 Election Law
Text - Third - Anne Arundel County – Party Central Committees – Republican Requirements: 4-203 Election Law