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rate of one-half per centum (½%) per month. Neither the due dates
nor the interval between such dates need be uniform throughout the
sanitary district.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 519
(House Bill 502)

AN ACT to repeal AND RE-ENACT, WITH AMENDMENTS, Sec-
tion 18 of Article 57 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971
Supplement), title "Limitations of Actions," to remove the speci-
fied times PROVIDE A UNIFORM TIME by which notice of action
is to be given when claims are made against municipalities or
counties OR BALTIMORE CITY for damages for any injury to
person or property, AND TO PERMIT AN EXCEPTION
THERETO.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 18 of Article 57 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Supplement), title "Limitations of Actions," be and it is
hereby repealed AND RE-ENACTED, WITH AMENDMENTS, to
read as follows:

[18. Notice required of claims against municipal corporations and
certain counties.

(a)(1) No action shall be maintained and no claims shall be
allowed against any municipal corporation or against any of the
counties enumerated in this subsection COUNTY OR BALTIMORE
CITY for unliquidated damages for any injury or damage to person or
property unless within the times specified in this section 180
DAYS after the injury or damage was sustained, written
notice setting forth the time, place or cause of the alleged
damage, loss, injury or death shall be presented either in person or
by registered mail by the claimant, his agent or attorney, or in the
case of death, by his executor or administrator, to the county com-
missioners, county council, the corporate authorities of the municipal
corporation or the city solicitor of Baltimore City, as the case may
be. In Montgomery County and Howard County, written notice
shall be presented to the county executive.

(B) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF (A)
ABOVE, THE COURT MAY, UPON MOTION AND FOR GOOD
CAUSE SHOWN, ENTERTAIN THE SUIT EVEN THOUGH
THE REQUIRED NOTICE WAS NOT GIVEN. , UNLESS PRO-
VIDED FURTHER THE DEFENDANT CAN AFFIRMATIVELY
SHOW THAT ITS DEFENSE HAS BEEN PREJUDICED
THEREBY.

[(2) The provisions of this subsection shall be applicable within
Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Charles, Frederick,