HARRY HUGHES, Governor

2067

IN THE EVENT THAT THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE TERMINATED BY
OPERATION OF SECTION 14 HEREOF THE COMMISSION SHALL BE
DISSOLVED, ITS ASSETS AND LIABILITIES TRANSFERRED, AND ITS
CORPORATE AFFAIRS WOUND UP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNANIMOUS
AGREEMENT OF ITS SIGNATORIES, OR FAILING UNANIMOUS
AGREEMENT, IN SUCH MANNER THAT THE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF
THE COMMISSION SHALL BE SHARED BY THE RESPECTIVE STATES.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the General
Assembly of Maryland authorizes and directs the Governor of
the State of Maryland to execute the Bistate Agreement on
the Chesapeake Bay on behalf of this State.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
may not take effect until a similar Act is passed by the
Commonwealth of Virginia; that the Commonwealth of Virginia
is requested to concur in this Act of the General Assembly
of Maryland by the passage of a similar Act; and that upon
that event the Governor of the State of Maryland shall issue
a proclamation declaring this Act valid and effective.

Approved May 20, 1980.

CHAPTER 577

(Senate Bill 842)

AN ACT concerning

Collection Agencies - Exemption

FOR the purpose of clarifying who is not a collection agency
for certain purposes.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 56 - Licenses
Section 323(b)(2)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1979 Replacement Volume)

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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 56 - Licenses

323.

(b) "Collection agency" means all persons directly or
indirectly engaged in the business of soliciting from, or