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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 631

(b) Letters may not be granted to a person who, at the
time a determination of priority is made, has filed with the
register a declaration in writing that [he] THE PERSON
renounces [his] THE right to administer or is:

(1)  Under the age of 18 years;

(2)  Mentally incompetent;

(3)  Convicted of a serious crime;

(4)  Not a citizen of the United States UNLESS
THE PERSON IS THE SPOUSE OF THE DECEDENT AND IS A PERMANENT
RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES;

(5)  A full-time judge of a court established
under the laws of Maryland or the United States including, a
judge of an orphans' or probate court, or a clerk of court,
or a register, unless [he] THE PERSON is the surviving
spouse or is related to the decedent within the third
degree; or

(6)  A nonresident of the State, unless there
shall be on file with the register an irrevocable
designation by [him] THE NONRESIDENT of an appropriate
person who resides in the State on whom service of process
may be made in the same manner and with the effect as if it
were served personally in the State on the nonresident.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved June 1, 1982.

CHAPTER 632

(House Bill 582)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County Pre-Release

Center
MC 236-82

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt
in the amount of $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a
State grant to assist in the design, planning, and
construction of an expansion to the Montgomery County
Pre-Release Center, subject to the requirement that
Montgomery County provide at least an equal and
matching fund for the same purpose by a certain date;