WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 115

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That any catchlines contained
in this Act are not law and may not be considered to have been enacted as a part of this
Act.

SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall be construed
only prospectively and may not be applied or interpreted to have any effect on or
application to any event or conditions occurring before the effective date of this Act,
except for:

(1)     The case of a person at risk with an elevated blood lead of 25 micrograms
per deciliter or more first documented by a test performed on or after October 1, 1994, or with
an elevated blood lead of 20 micrograms per deciliter or more first documented by a test
performed on or after October 1, 1999, if the elevated blood lead was caused by the ingestion
of lead prior to October, 1994; or

(2)     The acceptance of a qualified offer under § 6-835 of the Environment
Article, as enacted by this Act, if the alleged injury or loss caused by the ingestion of lead by the
person at risk in the affected property occurred before October 1, 1994.

SECTION 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, notwithstanding other
provisions of this Act, this Act shall apply beginning on January 1, 1995 to insurance policies
issued or renewed between October 1, 1994 and December 31, 1994.

SECTION 8 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 1994.

Approved May 2, 1994.

CHAPTER 115
(Senate Bill 231)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 1994, Maryland
Consolidated Capital Bond Loans of 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993, General Construction
Loans of 1983, 1988, and 1989, Arthur G. Murphy, Sr. Youth Services Center Loan of
1986, Montgomery County Pre-Release Center Loan of 1988, Talbot County Detention
Center Loan of 1989, Howard County Detention Center Loan of 1990, Baltimore City Jail
Loan of 1990, Anne Arundel County Detention Center Loan of 1990, and Baltimore
County Detention Center Loan of 1991 1991, and Kennedy-Krieger Institute Loan of
1993, the Construction Contingency Fund, the Law Enforcement and Correctional
Training Fund, and the Law Enforcement Driver Training Facility

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of Three
Hundred Fifty Five Million, Three Hundred Ninety Eight Thousand Dollars
($355,398,000) Three Hundred Forty Seven Million, One Hundred Seventy One
Thousand, Four Hundred Fifty Two Dollars ($317,171,152) Three Hundred
Forty Seven Million, Two Hundred Seventy Nine Thousand Dollars ($347,279,000)
Three Hundred Forty-Four Million, Four Hundred Seventy-Three Thousand,

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