\u201c… If the Council passes no other law changing the proposal, then the plan, as submitted, shall become law, as of the last day of November, as an act of the Council, subject to Sections 320 and 321 of this Charter. Such law shall be adopted by resolution of the County Council upon notice and public hearing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That last sentence, \u201cSuch law shall be adopted by resolution of the County Council upon notice and public hearing,\u201d was added to the Charter in 2012 after a vote by the citizens for Ballot Question A<\/a>. This was added to the ballot to get the citizenry to approve of the change as the Council had written it in the bill; CB-0055-2012<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On January 28, 2022, four citizens of PG County won a court case against the council by claiming that passing the Davis redistricting map via a resolution was illegal. Their interpretation of Section 305 is that the phrase \u201csuch law\u201d applies to the Commission\u2019s plan, and that if the Council wants to replace the Commission\u2019s plan they must first pass a law doing so. Judge Snoddy of the PG County Circuit Court agreed. He wrote<\/a> that \u201ca resolution, while having the effect of a law, is not a substitute for a law\u2026\u201d Judge Snoddy ruled that the County Council had to throw out the Davis map and immediately revert to the Commission map. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Many citizens and the affected candidates agreed with the court\u2019s ruling. There were op-eds written praising the judge\u2019s ruling, and candidates like Olsen, Davis-Brown, and Oriadha all praised the ruling. Tamara Davis-Brown, who narrowly lost our District 9 to Sydney Harrison, said the court order \u201ccorrects the Council\u2019s flawed decision-making.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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