HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                         2857

who meet the standards set out by the Prince George's County
merit board and who are certified by the personnel director as
meeting these standards shall be entitled to the provisions of
the county merit system. The board of license commissioners for
Prince George's County shall designate annually a chief inspector
from among the [eight] 7 full-time inspectors. The chief
inspector, under the direction of the board of license
commissioners, shall regulate the duties, hours, and assignments
of the various inspectors.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, pursuant to
Article III, § 35, of the Constitution of Maryland, this Act may
not be construed to extend or apply to the salary or compensation
of the chairman and members of the Prince George's County board
of license commissioners in office on the effective date of this
Act, but the provisions of this Act concerning the salary or
compensation of the chairman and members of the Prince George's
County board of license commissioners shall take effect at the
beginning of the next following term of office.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved May 29, 1984.

CHAPTER 548

(Senate Bill 560)

AN ACT concerning

Habeas Corpus

FOR the purpose of permitting a judge to refer an application for
a writ of habeas corpus to any court in the judicial circuit
in which the person confined was convicted; and generally
relating to the procedure for handling a petition of habeas
corpus.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 3-702(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1980 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: