Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 2-202 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor(a) The Governor and the Lieutenant Governor shall take and subscribe the oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution:(1) on the third Wednesday of January that next follows the election of the Governor, or as soon thereafter as is practicable, between the hours of noon and 2:00 p.m. in the chamber of the Senate of Maryland; and(2)(i) before the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland; or(ii) if the Chief Justice is unable to attend, before one of the associate justices of the Supreme Court of Maryland.(b) The clerk of the Supreme Court of Maryland shall maintain a book that records the oaths taken and subscribed under this section.Added by 2014 Md. Laws, Ch. 94, Sec. 2, eff. 10/1/2014.