2094                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 593

3-503.

(a)  (1) Except with respect to a tax collectable locally,
immediately after September 30 of each year, the State
Comptroller shall certify to the [Governor] DEPARTMENT a list of
every Maryland corporation which has not paid a tax due by it
before October 1 of the year after the tax became due,

(2)  When he certifies the list to the [Governor]
DEPARTMENT, the Comptroller shall mail to each listed
corporation, at its address as it appears on his records, a
notice that its charter will be repealed, annulled, and forfeited
unless all taxes, interest, and penalties due by it are paid.

(3)  The mailing of the notice is sufficient, and the
failure of any corporation to receive the notice mailed to it
does not affect the repeal, annulment, and forfeiture of its
charter.

(b)  Immediately after September 30 of each year, the
Department shall certify [to the Governor] a list of every
Maryland corporation which has not filed an annual report with
the Department as required by law or has not paid franchise or
gross receipts taxes before October 1 of the year after the
report was required to be filed or the taxes were due.

(c)   [When he receives the lists,] AFTER THE LISTS ARE
CERTIFIED, the [Governor] DEPARTMENT shall issue a proclamation
declaring that the charters of the corporations are repealed,
annulled, and forfeited, and the powers conferred by law on the
corporations are inoperative, null, and void as of the date of
the first publication of the proclamation, without proceedings of
any kind either at law or in equity.

3-504.

(a)  (1) [The Governor shall publish his proclamation once a
week for four successive weeks in at least three daily newspapers
of general circulation published in the State, including at least

one published in Baltimore City.] THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PUBLISH
ITS PROCLAMATION TWICE IN AT LEAST 3 DAILY NEWSPAPERS OF GENERAL
CIRCULATION PUBLISHED IN THE STATE, INCLUDING AT LEAST 1
PUBLISHED IN BALTIMORE CITY. THE SECOND PUBLICATION SHALL
SUCCEED THE FIRST BY APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS.

(2) Within ten days after the first publication, the
Department shall mail notice of the proclamation to each
corporation named in it. The notice shall be addressed to the
corporation at its mailing address on file with the Department
or, if none, at any other address appearing on the records of the
Department.

(b)  (1) A corporation which pays all taxes, interest, and
penalties due, files the annual report due, or both, as the case