WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 634

FOR the purpose of providing that a clerk of court may not charge any municipality
certain recording fees relating to real property unless the municipality first gives
its consent to be charged.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Real Property
Section 3-603

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1988 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

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

Article - Real Property

3-603.

The clerk may not charge any county, ANY MUNICIPALITY, the
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, or the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission any fee provided by this subtitle unless the county,
MUNICIPALITY, or respective commission first gives its consent. No charge may be
made against the Comptroller for any service performed in connection with the
recording and indexing of property liens arising under the Maryland Income Tax or the
Maryland Sales and Use Tax laws.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1990.

Approved May 29, 1990.

CHAPTER 634
(House Bill 982)

AN ACT concerning

Gas and Oil Drilling - Prevention and Containment

FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Natural Resources to adopt certain
regulations requiring every holder of a permit to drill for gas or oil to have certain
equipment for the prevention and containment of a gas leak or oil spill; requiring
every holder of a permit to drill for gas or oil to notify the Department of Natural
Resources and the Department of the Environment of the location of certain
equipment; and generally relating to the prevention and containment of a gas leak
or oil spill.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Natural Resources

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