2013 Maryland Code
CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS
§ 5-6B-18.2 - Election related candidate signs or signs advertising questions or propositions


MD Corp & Assn Code § 5-6B-18.2 (2013) What's This?

(a) "Candidate sign" defined. -- In this section, "candidate sign" means a sign on behalf of a candidate for public office or a slate of candidates for public office.

(b) Prohibition or restriction not allowed. -- Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a recorded covenant or restriction, a provision in a declaration, or a provision in the bylaws or rules of a cooperative housing corporation may not prohibit or restrict the display of:

(1) A candidate sign; or

(2) A sign that advertises the support or defeat of any question submitted to the voters in accordance with the Election Law Article.

(c) Restrictions allowed. -- A recorded covenant or restriction, a provision in a declaration, or a provision in the bylaws or rules of a cooperative housing corporation may restrict the display of a candidate sign or a sign that advertises the support or defeat of any proposition:

(1) In any areas constituting those portions of a cooperative project possessed in common by the members;

(2) In accordance with provisions of federal, State, and local law; or

(3) If a limitation to the time period during which signs may be displayed is not specified by a law governing the jurisdiction in which the cooperative housing corporation is located, to a time period not less than:

(i) 30 days before the primary election, general election, or vote on the proposition; and

(ii) 7 days after the primary election, general election, or vote on the proposition.

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