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Section 9-614 - Amendments to articles of incorporation.

§ 9-614. Amendments to articles of incorporation.
 

(a)  "Amendment" defined.- In this section, "amendment" means an amendment to the articles of incorporation of a district. 

(b)  In general.- In accordance with this section, a district may adopt amendments that: 

(1) Can be included lawfully in original articles of incorporation; and 

(2) Change the district's: 

(i) Name; 

(ii) Powers; or 

(iii) Purposes. 

(c)  Procedure for adopting amendments; resolution of sanitary commissioners.- To adopt amendments, the sanitary commission shall adopt a resolution that: 

(1) Directs that the proposed amendment be submitted to each member county; and 

(2) Discloses the text of the proposed amendment by printing: 

(i) The text of the entire articles of organization as the articles of organization would read after adoption of the proposed amendment; 

(ii) The text of a provision in the articles of incorporation as that provision would read after adoption of the proposed amendment; or 

(iii) The material whose addition to or removal from the articles of incorporation is proposed. 

(d)  Submission to member counties.- By ordinance or resolution, the governing body of each member county shall adopt or reject the proposed amendment. 

(e)  Signing and contents of amendment.-  

(1) If the governing body of each member county adopts the proposed articles of amendment, two authorized officers of the district shall: 

(i) Verify the facts set forth in the articles of amendment; 

(ii) Put the district's seal on the articles of amendment; and 

(iii) Sign the articles of amendment. 

(2) The articles of amendment shall include: 

(i) The name and address of the principal office of the district; 

(ii) A statement that the amendment was proposed by the sanitary commissioners; 

(iii) A statement that each member county adopted the amendment; and 

(iv) The text of the amendment. 

(f)  Filing articles of amendment.- The district shall file the articles of amendment with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 647; 1982, ch. 240, § 2; 2006, ch. 44, § 6.] 
 

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