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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 448

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 12-201 and 12-308(b) of Article
— Courts and Judicial Proceedings, of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1974 Volume and 1974 Supplement) be and they
are hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

12-201.

Except as provided in § 12—202 of this title, in any
case or proceeding pending in or decided by the Court of
Special Appeals upon appeal from a circuit court[,] OR
THE MARYLAND TAX COURT, any party, including the state,
may file in the Court of Appeals a petition for
certiorari to review the case or proceeding. The
petition may be filed either before or after the Court of
Special Appeals has rendered a decision, but not later
than 30 days after its mandate has been issued. In a
case or proceeding described in this section, the Court
of Appeals also may issue the writ of certiorari on its
own motion.

12-308.

(b) Except as provided in § 12—307, after December
31, 1974, the Court of Special Appeals has exclusive
initial appellate jurisdiction over any reviewable
judgment, decree, order or other action of a circuit
court, [or] and orphans' court, OR THE MARYLAND TAX
COURT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections
229(i) and (1) of Article 81 — Revenue and Taxes, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and
1974 Supplement) be and they are hereby repealed and
re—enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 81 — Revenue and Taxes

229.

(i) The Court shall hear and determine all appeals
promptly. In proper cases the Court shall file a written
order. Copies of [said] THE order shall be certified by
the clerk, under the seal of the Court, to the agency
appealed from and to all parties to the appeal. [Such]
THE order [shall be] IS final and conclusive, unless an
appeal [be] IS taken to the Court of SPECIAL Appeals as
hereinafter provided.

(1) Any party to the proceedings may appeal from