(a)   At the end of each calendar or fiscal year, each municipal corporation
shall furnish in a convenient and legible compilation a complete set of
the measures dealt with during that year which enact, amend, or repeal
sections in its municipal charter. The measures in the compilation
shall be in a numerical sequence, beginning with No. 1, and in a
separate series for each year.
  (b)   Copies of this compilation shall be made available for inspection at
the office of the mayor and town council, by whatever name known,
during normal business hours; and copies shall be kept on permanent
record in the same office. The foregoing copies shall be furnished
without charge, and the county also may make other copies available at
a reasonable cost to any person.
  (c)   Not later than March 1 of the next succeeding year, the municipal
corporation, without charge, shall furnish copies of the compilation to
the Department of Legislative Services as provided in § 9A of this
article.
  (d)   In addition to furnishing copies of the compilation, the municipal
corporation shall provide to the Department of Legislative Services as
provided in § 9A of this article, a statement concerning any
referendum on any proposed charter amendment.
  (e)   At the end of each calendar year the Department of Legislative Services
shall address an inquiry to each municipal corporation inquiring
whether or not during that calendar year or its latest fiscal year it
has enacted, amended or repealed any portion of its municipal charter.
The municipal corporation shall promptly answer the inquiry and shall
verify, by a signed and notarized statement, that copies of all such
enactments, amendments, or repeals have already been sent to the
Department.
  (f)   If the municipal corporation fails or refuses to supply copies of this
compilation and of the results of any referenda thereon to the
Department of Legislative Services by March 1 of the next succeeding
year, or fails or refuses to certify that there have been no such
enactments, amendments, or repeals, or referenda, during the last
calendar or fiscal year, the Department shall promptly certify that
fact to the State Comptroller, who then may order the discontinuance of
all funds, grants or State aid which the municipal corporation is
entitled to receive under State law. The section refers specifically to
all funds, grants or State aid which the municipal corporation is
entitled to receive under applicable provisions of State law relating
to the income tax, the tax on racing, the recordation tax, the
admissions and amusement tax, and the license tax.
  (g)   The Department of Legislative Services shall receive the several
compilations and statements thus delivered to it. The titles of the
laws of the several municipal corporations which amend their charters
shall be arranged in a logical and convenient order and shall be
delivered to the State printer for inclusion in the Session Laws of the
General Assembly for its regular session in that year. The titles of
the laws of the municipal corporations which amend their charters shall
be printed and identified as such, and they shall be indexed with or in
a supplemental volume to the laws enacted by the General
Assembly.
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