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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 103

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

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative

Departments

71.

(c-1) (6) ANY PROVISION, IN ANY STATUTE, CONTRACT,
PROMISSORY NOTE, OR OTHER DOCUMENT OBLIGATING A DEBTOR OF THE
STATE TO PAY COLLECTION COSTS, ATTORNEY'S FEES, INTEREST
PENALTIES, OR OTHER COSTS OVER AND ABOVE THE PRINCIPAL DEBT,
SHALL BE IS ENFORCEABLE BY THE UNIT NOTWITHSTANDING ITS STATUS AS
A PUBLIC ENTITY AND ITS REPRESENTATION BY ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS
GENERAL.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1984.

Approved May 8, 1984.

CHAPTER 104

(Senate Bill 242)

AN ACT concerning

District Court - Jurisdiction

FOR the purpose of providing for District Court jurisdiction over
certain actions to enforce civil penalties imposed by the
Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Administration; and
providing that if certain civil penalties are not paid
within a specific time, the Commissioner of Labor and
Industry or a certain assignee may bring suit and shall be
entitled to a certain judgment upon a specific showing of
facts.

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 4-401(11)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1980 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 89 - Division of Labor and Industry

Section 40(h)

Annotated Code of Maryland