HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                    1973

effective date of this Act. In case of any dispute as to what
money or assets may qualify as matching funds, the Board of
Public Works shall determine the matter, and the Board's decision
is final. The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore has until June
1, 1988, to present evidence satisfactory to the Board of Public
Works that the matching fund will be provided. If satisfactory
evidence is presented, the Board shall certify this fact to the
State Treasurer and the proceeds of the loan shall be expended
for the purposes provided in this Act. If this evidence is not
presented by June 1, 1988, the proceeds of the loan shall be
applied to the purposes authorized in § 8-129 of the State
Finance and Procurement Article.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall

take effect June 1, 1986.
Approved May 13, 1986.

CHAPTER 549

(House Bill 1231)

AN ACT concerning

Attachment of Wages - Exemptions

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FOR the purpose of clarifying the types of wages which are exempt

from attachment; and defining a term.

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BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Commercial Law
Section 15-601.1
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Commercial Law

15-601.1.

(A) IN THIS SECTION "DISPOSABLE WAGES" MEANS THE PART OF
WAGES THAT REMAIN AFTER DEDUCTION OF ANY AMOUNT REQUIRED TO BE
WITHHELD BY LAW.

[(a)] (B) The following are exempt from attachment: