1082                                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                                         Ch. 284

(H) EFFECTS OF SECTION.

(1)  A BILL MAY BE INTRODUCED WITHOUT HAVING A FISCAL
NOTE OR WAIVER OF THE NOTE ATTACHED.

(2)  THE VALIDITY OF AN ENACTMENT IS NOT AFFECTED BY
THE PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR CONTENT OF THE FISCAL NOTE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsections (a), (b), (c)(1), (2), and
(3)(ii), and (d) through (h) of this section are new
language derived" without substantive change from
former Art. 40, §§ 64, 66, 68, 70, and 70A, the first
and second sentences of § 63, and the first and third
sentences of § 65:

Subsection (c)(3)(i) of this section is new language
added to state expressly the duty to obtain an
analysis.

In the introductory clause of subsection (a) of this
section, the phrase "as provided in this section" is
substituted for the misleading reference in former
Art. 40, § 63, "prepared by the Department of Fiscal
Services or by an agency ... designated by the
Department", since, under subsection (c)(2) of this
section, only the Department prepares waivers and for
the limited cross-reference in former Art. 40, §
66(c), which applied only to waivers of the actuarial
analysis.

In subsection (a)(1) of this     section, the phrase

"attached to" is substituted     for the former words

"accompanied by", to conform to     other references in
this section.

In subsection (a)(2) of this section, the phrase "is
attached to or summarized in" is substituted for the
reference, in former Art. 40, § 66(c), to "includes",
to conform to the specific duties of the Department of
Fiscal Services under subsection (c)(3)(ii) of this
section.

In subsection (b)(1) of this section, the clause "to
which the bill is referred" is added to clarify the
committee that has the duty to request an actuarial
analysis. This addition is based on the reference, in
former Art. 40, § 66(b), to waiver of the analysis by
the standing committee "to which the bill or
resolution was referred".

In subsection (b)(2)(i) and (ii) of this section,
respectively, the references to "a bill pending in the
Senate" and "a bill pending in the House" are
substituted for the cross-reference, in former Art.