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VETOES

Senate Bill No. 481

AN ACT concerning

Anne Arundel County and Baltimore County

- Notice of

Claim for Injury

FOR the purpose of providing that in Anne Arundel County and
Baltimore County, notice of a claim against the county for
injury shall be given in a certain manner to the county
solicitor or county attorney.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 5-306

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

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

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

5-306.

(a)  Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,
no action for unliquidated damages for an injury to a person or
his property may be brought against a county or municipal
corporation unless the notice of the claim required by this
section is given within 180 days after the injury.

(b)  (1) EXCEPT IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY AND BALTIMORE COUNTY
[The] THE notice shall be given in person or by certified mail,
return receipt requested, bearing a postmark from the United
States Postal Service, by the claimant or his representative to
the county commissioner, county council, or corporate authorities
of a defendant municipal corporation or:

(i) In Baltimore City, to the City Solicitor;

(ii) In Howard County, to the county executive;

(iii) In Montgomery County, to the county
executive; or

(iv) In Prince George's County, to the county
executive.