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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 24

FOR the purpose of altering the ceiling on the examination
fee required to be paid by applicants to the State
Board of Law Examiners.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 10 - Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact

Section 3(d)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1980 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 10 - Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact

3.

(d) The Court of Appeals shall prescribe rules for a
uniform system of bar examination in this State, for
registration as aforesaid, for character examination of each
applicant, for admission to the bar; and for the fees to be
paid by the applicant; and generally such other rules as may
be necessary or convenient to carry out the provisions of
this section. Every applicant upon presenting himself or
herself for examination before the Board of Law Examiners,
shall pay to the Board such fee, not exceeding [forty
dollars] $60 $50, as may be fixed by the Court of Appeals.

All moneys collected under this subtitle shall be paid
over to the Treasurer and shall become general funds of the
State. Such moneys shall thereafter be disbursed by the
Comptroller only pursuant to an appropriation made in
accordance with §§ 32 and 52 of Article 3 of the
Constitution or pursuant to the provisions of §§ 1 through
15, inclusive, of Article 15A of this Code, title "Budget
and Fiscal Planning," as amended from time to time.

Any fraudulent act or representation by any applicant
in connection with his or her application, registration or
examination shall be sufficient cause for the revocation of
the order admitting him or her to practice.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved April 14, 1981.

CHAPTER 25
(Senate Bill 595)