Department of Legislative Services

Drafting Manual

V. The Title of a Bill

7. Special Title Requirements

(A) Bills Drafted to Proposed Revised Articles

Bills drawn to sections of the Annotated Code that are included in a revised article to be introduced as a bill during the legislative session should be drafted to the proposed revised article bill itself as though the revised article has already been enacted. These bills amend the revised article as it will be enacted by the General Assembly. The following example is from the 2002 Session:

Example

	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
		Article - Criminal Law Section 2-507, 3-204(c), 3-206, and 3-212 Annotated Code of Maryland (As enacted by Chapter ______ (H.B. 11) of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2002)