§ 306. Legislative powers of county council.

The county council shall be the elected legislative body of the county and is vested with all the law-making power thereof, including all such powers as may heretofore have been exercised by the General Assembly of Maryland and transferred to the people of the county by the adoption of this Charter. The county council shall also have and may exercise all legislative powers heretofore vested in the county commissioners of Baltimore County, including the power to accept gifts and grants. The county council may enact public local laws for the county and is authorized to repeal or amend such local laws as have heretofore been enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland upon matters covered by the Express Powers Act of 1918 (Title 10 of the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland) as now in force or hereafter amended. The county council may also provide for the enforcement of all ordinances, resolutions, bylaws and regulations adopted under the authority of law by fines, penalties and imprisonment, within the limits prescribed by law. ( Bill No. 13-18 , § 1; approved by the voters Nov. 6, 2018; effective Dec. 6, 2018)

  Annotation— Mandamus will not lie to control the exercise of judgment and discretion by public officials. County Council of Baltimore County v. Egerton Realty, Inc., 217 Md. 234, 140 A.2d 511 (1958).
 This section cited in Hormes v. Baltimore County, 225 Md. 371, 170 A.2d 772 (1961).

Editor's note

In Chapter 119 of the Laws of Maryland of 2013, Article 25A of the Annotated Code of Maryland, 1957 Edition, was revised generally as Title 10 of the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.