MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

1823

RESOURCES MAY ISSUE GUIDELINES [[AND]] OR REGULATIONS TO
IMPLEMENT ANY OF THE ABOVE PROVISIONS, AFTER CONSULTATION
WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES,
THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND
THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE PLANNING.]]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved May 17, 1976.

CHAPTER 660

(House Bill 518)

AN ACT concerning

Tax Assessments — Farmland Status

FOR the purpose of allowing certain parcels of subdivided
lands to retain status as farmland for assessment
purposes and generally clarifying language.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 81 — Revenue and Taxes

Section 19(b)(2)(A)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1975 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 19(b)(2)(A) of Article 81 -
Revenue and Taxes, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1975 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and it
is hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

Article 81 - Revenue and Taxes

19.

(b) (2) (A) The following lands [shall] ARE
not [be] subject to the provisions of paragraph (1)
[hereof]:

(i) Land zoned for industrial,
commercial, or multifamily residential use as of July 1,
1972, if such zoning has been effected upon application
or at the instance of the owner or any former owner of
the land, or by any person who has or has previously had
a property interest therein; provided that this paragraph