Ch. 217                             MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                  579

87.

THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL SERVICES, IN
THE ADMINISTRATION OF A PROGRAM OF COMMUNITY HOME
CARE SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY, AND TO THE EXTENT
POSSIBLE, SHALL AFFORD TRAINING TO, AND UTILIZE, ELDERLY
PERSONS TO PERFORM COMMUNITY HOME CARE SERVICES. THE
ELDERLY PERSONS COMPENSATED FOR THEIR SERVICES UNDER
THIS PROGRAM ARE NOT SUBJECT TO ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF
THE STATE MERIT SYSTEM UNDER ARTICLE 64A OF THIS CODE OR
TO THE PROVISIONS OF ANY MERIT SYSTEM OF A POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION. THE DEPARTMENT [[OF EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL
SERVICE]] HAS SOLE AUTHORITY FOR DETERMINING ALL
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AND RATES OF COMPENSATION.

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

Approved May 7, 1973.

CHAPTER 217

(Senate Bill 246)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 4E(b) of Article 14B
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume), title "State
Boat Act,"; and to add new Section 12G(c)(3) to the same Article and title to
provide for amortization and payment of interest on bonds issued for the
financing of projects, and to provide for an increase in the Maryland titling tax
for boats.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND, That Section 4E(b) of Article 14B of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume), title "State Boat Act," be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and that a new Section 12G(c)(3) be
added to said article and subtitle, to follow immediately after Section 12G(c)(2)
thereof, and to read as follows:

4E

(b) Except as provided in Section 4B, in Section 4D(b) and in subsection (c) of
this section, and in addition to the fees prescribed in subsection (a) of this section,
a tax is hereby levied on the issuance of every original certificate of title required
under this article for a vessel and on the issuance of every subsequent certificate of
title for the sale, resale or transfer of the vessel.

1.  The Department shall be paid a tax by the applicant for a certificate of title
at the rate of (three per centum (3%)] FOUR PERCENTUM (4%) of the gross
sales price, or if no sale immediately precedes the application for title, the fair
market value of the vessel for which a certificate of title is applied for and issued.
The Department may require the submission to it of proof satisfactory to it in
order to establish the tax due.

2.   The tax imposed by this section shall accompany all applications for
certificates of title issued on and after July 1, [1965] 1973, and shall be in lieu of
the collection of any tax on the sale of vessel required under Sections 325 or 373 of
Article 81 of this Code, as amended from time to time unless otherwise exempt