![[photo, Arundel Center, 44 Calvert St., Annapolis, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/an/images/1198-1-06422c.jpg)
Since adoption of the County Charter in 1964, the County Council has served as the Legislative Branch of County government (County Charter, Art. II, secs. 201-209; Art. III, secs. 301-314).
Elected by the Voters to four-year terms, the County Council consists of seven members. Annually, the Council chooses the Chair and Vice-Chair (County Charter, Art. III, sec. 302)
Arundel Center, 44 Calvert St., Annapolis (Anne Arundel County), Maryland, July 2014. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Authorized by County Council Resolution no. 50-21, the County Council appointed a Charter Review Commission in October 2021. The Commission will submit its report to the County Council on revision of the Councilmanic districts by December 31, 2021, and its report on Charter revisions by March 22, 2022.
COUNCILMANIC REDISTRICTING COMMISSION
After each federal decennial census, the County Charter requires that the County Council revise the County’s councilmanic election districts (County Charter, Art. XII, sec. 1203).
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