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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 565

the applicability of the excise tax imposed under this
section in the following cases: (i) upon the issuance of
temporary registration plates; (ii) vehicles jointly
owned and transferred to one name of either owner; (iii)
involuntary transfers resulting from divorce or
separation proceedings; (iv) [vehicles acquired by
insurance companies as a result of fire, theft, or
collision claims; (v)] involuntary transfers of motor
vehicles to a registered dealer when no certificate of
title is available.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect [[July 1, 1975]] January 1, 1976.

Approved May 15, 1975.

CHAPTER 566

(Senate Bill 218)

AN ACT concerning

Highway Construction or Repair — Advertising of Bids

FOR the purpose of increasing the estimated cost of the
construction of a highway by the State Highway
Administration which will require bid advertisement
of the project; providing a certain exception; and
revising and clarifying language.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,

Article 89B — State Roads

Section 24

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 24 of Article 89B - State Roads,
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement
Volume and 1974 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed
and re—enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 89B — State Roads

24.

(a) The [said Commission,]STATE HIGHWAY