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OR LOSS OF ANY BENEFITS TO WHICH ENTITLED PRIOR TO JULY 1,
1973. THEY SHALL BE CREDITED WITH THE YEARS OF SERVICE
RENDERED IN HOWARD COUNTY FOR PURPOSES OF
DETERMINING FUTURE ANNUAL AND SICK LEAVE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 21, 1973.

CHAPTER 481
(Senate Bill 1112)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, without amendment, Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter
403 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1969, as Section 1 was amended by
Chapter 2 of the Special Session of December 16, 1969 and as Sections 1 and 2
were amended by Chapter 353 of the Acts of 1972, and to repeal and re-enact,
without amendment, Sections 5(2), 6 and 7 of Chapter 403 of the Acts of 1969,
as they were amended by Chapter 4 of the Special Session of December 16,
1969, and as Section 5(2) was amended by Chapter 626 of the Acts of 1972, and
as Sections 6 and 7 were amended without change by Chapter 702 of the Acts
of 1970 . by Chapter 730 of the Acts of 1971, and by Chapter 353 of the Acts
of 1972 ;. and to repeal and re-enact, with [[amendment]] amendments,
Sections 11, 11A, and 11C of Chapter 403 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of 1969, [[as amended by Chapters 2 and 4 of the Special Session of December
16, 1969, as amended and supplemented by Chapter 702 of the Acts of 1970,
Chapter 730 of the Acts of 1971, Chapter 353 of the Acts of 1972, and as
amended by Chapter 626 of the Acts of 1972,]] as Section 11A was added by
Chapter 702 of the Acts of 1970, and as Section 11C was added by Chapter 730
of the Acts of 1971 and amended by Chapter 480 of the Acts of 1972; and to
add new Section 11E thereto, to follow immediately after Section 11D thereof,
as added by Chapter 353 of the Acts of 1972; to designate the projects which
are to be funded under the Outdoor Recreation Land Loan of 1969 for purposes
of Program Open Space for the 1974 fiscal year and to transfer certain funds
allocated to Wildlife Management projects for fiscal year 1970, 1971, and 1972
to other Department of Natural Resources Projects, and to resolve any possible
doubt about the validity and effectiveness of such designation which might arise
from a conclusion that such designation is an appropriation of State debt
requiring in the same measure a provision for the collection of an annual tax or
taxes to provide for principal and interest payments on that debt, and relating
generally to the provisions of the Outdoor Recreation Land Loan of 1969.

WHEREAS, There has been established a program to finance the acquisition of
land and the development of such land by the State and its subdivisions for
outdoor public recreational and open space purposes, said program being known as
"Program Open Space"; and

WHEREAS, Chapter 403 of the Laws of Maryland of 1969 (the "Act")
authorized and directed the Board of Public Works to issue a State loan to be
known as the "Outdoor Recreation Land Loan of 1969" in the aggregate amount
of $60,000,000, the net actual cash proceeds of which are to be expended to fund
Program Open Space; and