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court of appropriate jurisdiction TO REQUIRE THE FILING OF
THE REPORT AND to enforce [the] delivery OF THE PROPERTY.
(b) Any person who willfully fails to render any
report or perform any other duty required by this title is
subject to a fine of [$5] $100 for each day the report is
withheld, but not more than [$500] $5,000.
(C) [Any] IN ADDITION TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION
(A) OF THIS SECTION, ANY person who willfully refuses to pay
or deliver abandoned property to the administrator as
required by this title is subject to a fine of not less than
$500 nor more than [$1,000] $5,000 or imprisonment for not
more than six months or both.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That for fiscal
year 1982 only and from only those funds provided by the
sale of abandoned property as provided by Section 2 of this
Act, and from no other funds, and, subject to the provisions
of law relating to budgetary procedure to the extent
applicable, the amounts specified below, or as much as is
required to accomplish the designated purpose, is hereby
appropriated and authorized to be disbursed from as much of
the revenues as are received by the State from the proceeds
of the sale of abandoned property as provided by Section 2
of this Act:
36.01.02.01 State share of basic current expenses
In addition to the amount appropriated in the Budget
Bill for fiscal year 1982, the following amount to be
used for additions to current expense aid as follows:
A program of targeted aid for selected counties
and Baltimore City.....................$8,000,000
To assure no reduction in aid.............336,000
General Fund Appropriation......$8,336,000.
SECTION 2 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if
any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any
person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason, the
invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or any
other application of this Act which can be given effect
without the invalid provisions or application, and to this
end all the provisions of this Act are declared to be
severable.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
contingent upon an appropriation contained in the Budget
Bill for fiscal year 1982 adequate to fund the increase in
the State's share of the basic current expenses, additions
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