Md. Code, Local Government § 9–304

(a) If the county commissioners decide to formally consider adopting code

home rule, the county commissioners shall:

(1) hold at least two public hearings in the county on the proposal;

and

(2) publish notice of the date, time, and place of each public hearing

in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county:

(i) at least three times;

(ii) at weekly intervals; and

(iii) in a period of not more than 30 days before the first public

hearing.

(b) At the hearings, the residents and taxpayers of the county shall be given

the opportunity to be heard on the proposal to adopt code home rule.