and

HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                        807

(b)  The secretary serves at the pleasure of the Board.

(c)  The secretary:

(1) must be a person of high character and integrity;

(2) shall be appointed on the basis of executive
skill and ability.

[(d) The Board shall set the salary of the secretary.]

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

Approved April 29, 1986.

CHAPTER 174

(House Bill 23)

AN ACT concerning

Marital Property - Use and Possession

FOR the purpose of repealing the provision of law providing that
the family home and family use personal property may not be
considered marital property while the family home or family
use personal property is the subject of a use and possession
order.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Family Law

Section 8-203

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Volume and 1985 Supplement)

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

Article - Family Law

8-203.

(a) In a proceeding for an annulment or an absolute
divorce, if there is a dispute as to whether certain property is
marital property, the court shall determine which property is
marital property: