1. (a) The Governor and the Lieutenant Governor shall take and subscribe the oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution:

   1. (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. (2)

      1. (i) before the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland; or
      2. (ii) if the Chief Justice is unable to attend, before one of the associate justices of the Supreme Court of Maryland.
2. (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 Acts 2014, c. 94, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2014. Amended by Acts 2023, c. 49, § 6.