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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 698

(a) In an action for bodily injury arising from the
operation of a motor vehicle in which a money judgment is
entered in favor of the plaintiff, the court may assess
interest against the defendant at the rate of [6] 9 NOT LESS
THAN 6 NOR MORE THAN 10 percent per annum on the amount of
judgment from a time not earlier than the time the action
was filed [if it finds that the defendant caused
unnecessary delay in having the action ready or set for
trial].

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

Approved May 27, 1980.

CHAPTER 699

(Senate Bill 195)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Westminster Preservation
Trust, Inc.

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt
in the amount of $350,000, the proceeds to be used to
assist the Westminster Preservation Trust, Inc., in the
purchase, preservation, reconstruction, alteration, and
equipping of Westminster Church, Baltimore City, and
its grounds, tombs, vaults, and monuments, subject to
the condition that the Westminster Preservation Trust,
Inc., provide at least an equal and matching fund for
the same purpose by a certain date; providing that no
portion of the proceeds of this loan may be used for
religious purposes; and providing generally for the
issue and sale of bonds evidencing the loan.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That:

(1)   The Board of Public Works may borrow money and
incur indebtedness on behalf of the State of Maryland
through a State loan to be known as the Westminster Church
Loan of 1980 in the aggregate principal amount of $350,000.
This loan shall be evidenced by the issuance and sale of
State general obligation bonds authorized by a resolution of
the Board of Public Works and issued, sold and delivered in
accordance with the provisions of §§ 19 to 23 of Article 31
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1976 Replacement Volume
and 1979 Supplement, as amended from time to time).

(2)   The bonds issued to evidence this loan or
installments thereof may be sold as a single issue, or may