HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(C) ANY PERSON WHO FAILS TO PROMPTLY PRODUCE THE
RECORDS REQUIRED BY THE PROCESS SHALL BE GUILTY OF A
MISDEMEANOR. UPON CONVICTION, THE PERSON SHALL BE FINED NOT
MORE THAN $1,000 IN THE DISCRETION OF THE COURT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved May 20, 1980.

CHAPTER 605

(House Bill 563)

AN ACT concerning

Contractors - Liability for Improvements to Real Property

FOR the purpose of providing that a cause of action for
damages does not accrue against a contractor when
injury to a person or property results from the
condition of an improvement to real property, if the
injury occurs a certain number of years after the
completion of the improvement.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 5-108(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1979 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

5-108.

(b) A cause of action for damages does not accrue and
a person may not seek contribution or indemnity from any
architect [or], professional engineer, OR CONTRACTOR for
damages incurred when wrongful death, personal injury, or
injury to real or personal property, resulting from the
defective and unsafe condition of an improvement to real
property, occurs more than 10 years after the date the
entire improvement first became available for its intended
use.