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SHALL CAUSE TO BE RECORDED A NOTICE OF RELEASE OF THE LIEN
WHEN THE ADDITIONAL TAX IS PAID. THE LIEN FOR THE
ADDITIONAL TAX SHALL BE EXTINGUISHED AUTOMATICALLY IN ALL
EVENTS 20 YEARS AFTER THE DATE OF DEATH OF THE DECEDENT.

(D) THE COMPTROLLER SHALL PRESCRIBE THE FORM AND
MANNER OF ELECTIONS, CERTIFICATES, AND APPLICATIONS UNDER
THIS SECTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT     FURTHER ENACTED, That, for

purposes of elections under     repealed § 154, "personal

representative" is deemed to     include a surviving joint
tenant, effective July, 1978.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That subject to
§ 2, this Act shall take effect July 1, 1979.

Approved May 29, 1979.

CHAPTER 555

(House Bill 510)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Environmental Service - Bonds and Notes

FOR the purpose of specifying that the State or a political
subdivision may set, impose, and collect certain fees
and other charges to pay to the Maryland Environmental
Service certain project costs.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources

Section 3-123 (a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article — Natural Resources

3-123.

(a) Bonds or notes issued under the provisions of
this subtitle shall not be deemed to constitute or create a
debt or a pledge of the faith and credit of the State or of
any political subdivision. Every bond or note shall contain