HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                875

the immediate preservation of the public health and safety
and having been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by
three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1980.

CHAPTER 121

(Senate Bill 58)

AN ACT concerning

Harford County - Rate of Redemption for Tax Sales

FOR the purpose of establishing the rate of redemption for
certain properties in Harford County sold by the tax
collector, upon which certain taxes are in arrears.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 81 - Revenue and Taxes

Section 83(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1975 Replacement 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 81 - Revenue and Taxes

83.

(b) The rate of redemption is 6 percent per annum
except as follows:

(1)  In Baltimore City the rate is 6 percent per
annum or as fixed by ordinance of the City Council; and

(2)  In Baltimore County the rate is 6 percent
per annum or as fixed by ordinance of the County Council;
and

(3)  In Frederick County the rate is 6 percent
per annum or as fixed by the County Commissioners but not to
exceed 10 percent per annum; and

(4)  IN HARFORD COUNTY THE RATE IS 6 PERCENT PER
ANNUM OR AS FIXED BY RESOLUTION OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL; AND