HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
read(s) as follows:

Article - Financial Institutions

1-202.

(d) If the procedures provided in subsection (c)(2) of
this section are used:

(2) A statement of verification subjects the
individual making the statement to the penalties for perjury
to the same extent as if the statement had been verified
under oath before [a person] AN INDIVIDUAL authorized to
administer oaths.

1-203.

(b) Before any license or permit is issued under this
article to an employer to engage in an activity in which the
employer may employ any individual, the employer shall file
with the issuing authority:

(1)  A certificate of compliance with the State
workmen's compensation laws; or

(2)   [A] THE NUMBER OF A workmen's compensation
insurance policy or binder [number].

1-303.

This subtitle does not prohibit:

(1)  The preparation, examination, handling, or
maintenance of financial records by any officer, employee,
or agent of a fiduciary institution that has custody of the
records;

(2)  The examination of financial records by a
certified public accountant while engaged by a fiduciary
institution to perform an independent audit;

(3)  The examination of financial records by or
the disclosure of financial records to any officer,
employee, or agent of a supervisory agency for use only in
the exercise of that person's duties as an officer,
employee, or agent;

(4)  The publication of information derived from
financial records if the information cannot be identified to
any particular customer, deposit, or account;