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work or project authorized, at the same time imposing the benefit
tax assessment, special tax levy, service charge, or other revenue
payment authorized elsewhere in this subtitle. At the same time
the Commissioners shall impose an [annual] appropriate interest
charge [of four per centum (4%)] on the unpaid balance of the
benefit assessment, special tax levy, service charge, or other revenue
payment. The monies paid to the Commissioners from time to time
for any such benefit assessment, special tax levy, service charge,
or other revenue payment, together with the interest payments on
the unpaid balances thereof, shall be paid into the revolving fund,
where it may be reused for the same purposes and under the same
procedures. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to or affect
any expenditures or projects under this subtitle which are not made
from or do not concern the revolving fund.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1970.

Approved April 22, 1970

CHAPTER 291
(Senate Bill 483)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 9 (35)
(b) of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Re-
placement Volume), title "Revenue and Taxes," subtitle "What
Shall Be Taxed and Where," to change the method of claiming
property tax exemptions for certain Veterans of the Armed
Forces, or blind persons.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 9 (35) (b) of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume), title "Revenue and Taxes,"
subtitle "What Shall Be Taxed and Where," be and it is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

9. (35) (b). Filing Claim.

All exemptions from taxation hereunder shall be allowed by the
assessing authority upon the filing of a claim in writing [under
oath], made by or on behalf of the person claiming the same, show-
ing the right to the exemption, briefly describing the property for
which exemption is claimed and having annexed thereto a certificate
[of the claimant's honorable discharge or release under honorable
circumstances, from active service, in time of war, in any branch
of the armed forces and a certificate] from the United States
Veterans Administration or its successors, certifying to a service-
connected disability of such claimant of the character above de-
scribed. Such exemptions shall be allowed and prorated by the as-
sessing authority for the remainder of any taxable year from the
date the claimant shall have acquired title to the real property in-
tended to be exempt hereunder.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1970.

Approved April 22, 1970