Montgomery County                               2651

fication of the payment or nonpayment of the farmland transfer tax
under Section 84-25(d) of the Montgomery County Code 1965, as
amended.

Be It Enacted by the County Council for Montgomery County, Maryland,
that—

Section 1. Section 2-125, title "Certification of payment of taxes;
fees; liability for errors, etc.," is hereby amended and enacted to read as
follows:

Sec. 2-125. Certification of payment of taxes; fees; liability for errors,
etc.

For certifying the payment or nonpayment of ordinary taxes, to
persons other than the council or the head of any department of the county
government, the director of finance shall charge and collect a fee for each
such certification as follows: Two dollars for certifying the payment or
nonpayment of taxes for the then current fiscal year and the three pre-
ceding fiscal years; fifty cents for each additional year, where the request
for such additional year is made at the same time, or within a reasonable
time, not to exceed six months, after a certification for which a fee of
two dollars or more has been paid; provided, that the council may, by
resolution from time to time, increase or diminish such fees to an amount
not to exceed the cost of administering and provision for liability under
this section.

In addition the director of finance shall charge and collect a fee of
four dollars for each certification of payment or nonpayment of any farm-
land transfer tax due under Section 84-25 (d) of the Montgomery County
Code 1965, as amended.

All such certifications shall certify the taxes that are paid or unpaid
according to the records of the county but neither the director of finance
nor any official authorized by him to make such certificate shall be per-
sonally liable for any error in such certificate unless the error be caused
by his willful, capricious or fraudulent act. In the event of the failure to
list on such certificate unpaid taxes for the period covered by such certifi-
cate, or the failure to list properly payment or nonpayment of the farmland
transfer tax due under Section 84-25(d) of the Montgomery County Code
1965, the liability of the county on such certificate shall be limited to the
amount of such unpaid taxes, interest and penalties.

Section 2. This Act shall take effect on the 76th day following its
enactment.

Certified correct as passed.

President
Secretary

Enacted August 2, 1969
Effective December 7, 1970
August Legislative Session 1969

Chapter 28
(Bill No. 27-69)

An Act pursuant to the authority granted to the County Council
of Montgomery County, Maryland, by the County Charter, Section