WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 165
8-716.

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meaning indicated.

(3) "Used principally in this State" means [used in this State for the
majority of time in a calendar year that the vessel is in use. In applying this definition,
a vessel is not considered to have been in use for any period of time that it has been
held for maintenance or repair for 30 consecutive days or more.] THAT THIS STATE
IS THE STATE OF PRINCIPAL USE AS DEFINED IN § 8-701 (M) OF THIS
SUBTITLE, EXCEPT THAT IN CALCULATING WHERE THE VESSEL IS USED
OR USED MOST, A VESSEL IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE IN USE FOR ANY
PERIOD OF TIME THAT IT IS HELD FOR MAINTENANCE OR REPAIR FOR 30
CONSECUTIVE DAYS OR MORE.

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

Approved April 24, 1990.

CHAPTER 165
(House Bill 472)

AN ACT concerning

Elections - Board of Canvassers

FOR the purpose of altering the requirement relating to the meeting time of a board of
canvassers; and generally relating to the canvassing of votes after a primary or
general election.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 33 - Election Code
Section 17-2(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1986 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 33 - Election Code

17-2.

(a) Each board shall constitute a board of canvassers for its county or city, as the
case may be. On OR BEFORE the second day following every primary or general
election, and on the first day following every special primary or special election,
between the hours of ten o'clock a.m. and one o'clock in the afternoon, the board of
canvassers for each county and for the City of Baltimore shall meet at the usual place

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