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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 323

BY adding to

Article — Commercial Law
Section 12-511.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1975 Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 12-511.1 be and it is hereby
added to Article - Commercial Law, of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1975 Volume and 1975 Supplement) to read as
follows:

Article — Commercial Law

12-511.1.

A HOLDER MAY NOT CHARGE A BUYER A FEE FOR ANY REPLY
TO AN ACCOUNT STATUS INQUIRY OR BILLING STATUS INQUIRY
MADE UNDER §§ 12-510 OR 12-511 OF THIS TITLE.

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

Approved May 4, 1976.

CHAPTER 324
(Senate Bill 777)

AN ACT concerning

Patuxent Institution

FOR the purpose of altering the qualifications of the
Director of the Patuxent Institution and providing
for the tenure and compensation of the present
director or acting director.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 31B — Defective Delinquents

Section 2(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 2(a) of Article 31B - Defective
Delinquents, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971
Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read