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VETOES

House Bill No. 770

AN ACT concerning

Tax Sales - Notices and Expenses in Baltimore City

FOR the purpose of eliminating the requirement in Baltimore
city City that the collector post a statement and
notice on a property before the property is advertised
for sale at a tax sale; and altering the expenses
allowed in connection with tax sales in Baltimore City.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 81 - Revenue and Taxes
Section 75 and 76(g)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1980 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 81 - Revenue and Taxes

75.

At least thirty days before any property is first
advertised for sale under the provisions of the following
sections, the collector shall cause to be mailed to the
person who last appears as owner thereof on the collector's
tax roll, at the last address shown on said roll, a
statement giving the name of said person, and the amounts of
taxes due. On the statement there shall also appear the
following notice:

"Date"

"This Is a Final Bill and Legal Notice to the Person
Whose Name Appears on This Notice."

"According to Collector's tax roll you are the owner of
the property appearing on this notice. Some of the taxes
listed are in arrears. Notice is hereby given you that
unless all taxes in arrears are paid within thirty days from
the above date, the Collector will proceed to sell the above
property to satisfy your entire indebtedness. Interest and
penalties must be added to the total at the time of
payment."

In [Baltimore City and] Baltimore and Cecil counties
the above statement and notice shall also be posted by the