1212                            Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 527

Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That all rules, regulations,
forms, orders, and directives promulgated by or in effect for the
boards and commissions included within the Department of Trans-
portation shall continue in force unless and until changed pursuant
to law.

Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That if any part of this act,
or any section or part of the section thereof, shall be held to be
unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such unconstitutionally
or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of this Act, or
any section or part of a section hereof, the General Assembly hereby
declaring that it would have passed the remaining parts of this
act, or sections or parts of sections hereof, if such unconstitu-
tionally or invalidity had been known; and to this end, all parts,
sections, and parts of sections of this act are declared to be sever-
able.

Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of
laws, public general or public local, inconsistent with the provisions
of this Act, are hereby repealed to the extent of any such incon-
sistency.

Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That the portion of Section 1
of this Act which enacts a new Section 207 of Article 41 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland shall take effect April 1, 1971, and
that the remainder of this Act shall take effect July 1,1971.

Approved May 5, 1970

CHAPTER 527
(House Bill 1090)

AN ACT to repeal Section 257 of Article 41 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1957 Edition, 1965 Replacement Volume), title
"Governor—Executive and Administrative Departments," subtitle
"Department of Economic Development," and to enact new Sec-
tions 257A to 257H to said Article 41 to be under the same title but
to be under the new subtitle "Department of Economic and Com-
munity Development"; and to repeal and reenact, with amend-
ments, Sections 258 through 266 of Article 41 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition, 1965 Replacement Volume, 1969
SUPPLEMENT), title "Governor—Executive and Administrative
Departments," subtitle "Department of Economic Development,"
subheading "In General" to be under the same title but to be under
the new subtitle "Department of Economic and Community Devel-
opment" and to be under the new subheading "Division of Eco-
nomic Development"; and to repeal and reenact, with amendments,
Sections 365, 366, 367, 369, 370, 371, and 374 of Article 41 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition, 1965 Replacement
Volume, 1969 Supplement), title "Governor—Executive and Ad-
ministrative Departments," subtitle "St. Mary's City Commission";
and to repeal and reenact, with amendments, Sections 266K, 266M
(a), (c), (e), 266N, 266P, 266V, 266Z(a) of Article 41 of the Anno-