1110                                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 20

Article - Education

Section 11-102

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1978 Volume and 1984 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Education

11-102.

(a)  Each public institution of higher education may honor
credit cards as payment for:

(1)  Tuition and fees; and

(2)  Room and board.

(b)  The governing boards of the institutions shall
determine which credit cards are acceptable for this purpose.
However, a public institution may not accept a credit card from
any credit card company which charges that institution a vendor
discount, service charge or similar fee in excess of [1] 2.5
percent.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved April 9, 1985.

CHAPTER 21

(Senate Bill 328)

AN ACT concerning

Judgeships - Circuit Court

FOR the purpose of altering the number of circuit court
judgeships in the Sixth (Montgomery County portion) and
Seventh (Prince George's County portion) judicial circuits.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 1-503

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)