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(1)  Except as provided in item (2) of this
subsection, the greater of:

(i) The product of $120 multiplied by the
number of weeks in which the wages due were earned; or

(ii) 75 percent of the DISPOSABLE wages due;

(2)  In Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, and Worcester
counties, for each work week, the greater of:

(i) 75 percent of the DISPOSABLE wages due; or

(ii) 30 times the federal minimum hourly wages
under the Fair Labor Standards Act in effect at the time the
wages are due; and

(3)  Any medical insurance payment deducted from an
employee's wages by the employer.

[(b)] (C) The amount subject to attachment shall be
calculated per pay period.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1986.

Approved May 13, 1986.

CHAPTER 550

(House Bill 1248)

AN ACT concerning

Criminal Proceedings - Court Costs

FOR the purpose of prohibiting courts from charging a county or

Baltimore City fees or costs in certain criminal
proceedings; prohibiting courts from charging a criminal
defendant found not guilty fees or costs in certain criminal
proceedings; providing for a delayed effective date; and
generally relating to the payment of fees and costs in
criminal proceedings.

BY repealing

Article 38 - Fines and Forfeitures

Section 4A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)