HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                      1905

have any interest in property ..... (giving a description of the

property in substantially the same form as the description that
appears on the Collector's tax bill)." Any of these persons may
be designated throughout the proceeding by the above designation
and the cause may proceed against them by publication under order
of court as provided in this subtitle.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 1 of
this Act is declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety and
having been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by
three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses
of the General Assembly, Section 1 shall take effect from the
date of its passage, and shall remain in effect until February 1,
1986. On February 1, 1986, and with no further action required
by the General Assembly, Section 1 of this Act shall be of no
further effect. Section 2 of this Act shall take effect February
1, 1986.

Approved May 21, 1985.

CHAPTER 203

(Senate Bill 487)

AN ACT concerning

State Hazardous Substance Control Fund -
Reimbursement of Funds

FOR the purpose of clarifying that the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene shall be reimbursed by the responsible party
for funds used from the State Hazardous Substance Control
Fund in response to a threatened release of a controlled
hazardous substance; clarifying the intention of the General
Assembly that the laws relating to the recovery of certain
costs for the Fund have retroactive application; and
providing that the State is entitled to recovery of
litigation expenses in obtaining reimbursements to the State
Hazardous Substance Control Fund.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Health - Environmental

Section 7-220(b)(2), (3), and (4), and 7-221(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Volume and 1984 Supplement)

BY adding to