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(3) year assessment period in equal annual percentages; unless (1) the property is
transferred to new ownership, (2) the zoning classification of the property is
changed, (3) a substantial change occurs in the use of the property, (4) extensive
improvements are made to the improvements on the existing property, or (5) the
previous assessment was clearly erroneous due to an error in calculation or
measurement of the improvements on the property.

(1) FOR ALL TAXPAYERS ENTITLED TO THE PHASE-IN RELIEF
PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SUBSECTION, THE TAX BILL FOR TAXES
DUE JULY 1, 1974, AND EACH SUCCEEDING YEAR, SHALL SHOW
THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE CURRENT ASSESSMENT, AND THE
ASSESSMENT FOR TAX PURPOSES UNDER THIS SECTION WITH THE
TAX DUE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.

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

Approved May 21, 1973.

CHAPTER 528
(House Bill 302)

AN ACT to repeal Section 270 of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1972 Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement), title "Licenses," sub-title
"General Contractors and Subcontractors," to repeal the registration and
licensing of non-resident contractors and subcontractors who bid on or perform
work in the State of a certain value, and to repeal the administration of this
program in the Miscellaneous Revenue Division of the Comptroller's Office.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 270 of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement), title "Licenses,"
sub-title "General Contractors and Subcontractors," be and it is hereby repealed.

[GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS

270.

(a)  It shall be the duty of the Comptroller of the State of Maryland to establish
in the division of the license bureau, a register listing all nonresident general
contractors and subcontractors. The Comptroller shall have the power to make
such rules and regulations as he shall deem best, providing the same are not in
conflict with the laws of Maryland. Upon enactment of this subtitle, the
Comptroller of Maryland shall promulgate such rules and regulations as he shall
deem necessary for the proper maintenance of the register and to provide for the
appropriate filing of applications, the conducting of examinations, and the
conducting of necessary investigations. The Comptroller shall further provide for
the necessary personnel, office space and equipment to be furnished the chief of
license inspectors to insure that this subtitle is implemented.

(b)  The following terms are defined for the purposes of this subtitle: