HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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such appeals upon suggestion in writing, under oath, of either of
the parties to said proceedings that such party cannot have a
fair and impartial trial in the court in which the same may be
pending, the said court shall order and direct the record of
proceedings in such appeal to be transmitted to some other of the
circuit courts of the counties for trial. Appeal shall lie from
the judgment of the circuit court of the county to the Court of
Special Appeals as in other civil cases subject to the
jurisdiction of the Court of Special Appeals. All appeals from
the Commission shall have precedence over all cases except
criminal cases.

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

Approved April 29, 1986.

CHAPTER 221

(House Bill 759)

AN ACT concerning

Harford County and Cecil Counties - Lie Detector Tests -
Correctional Officers

FOR the purpose of exempting correctional officers of the Harford
County Detention Center and the Cecil County Detention
Center from the law which prohibits employers from using a
lie detector test as a condition of employment.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 100 - Work, Labor and Employment

Section 95

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1985 Replacement Volume)

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

Article 100 - Work, Labor and Employment

95.

(a) (1) The following words have the meanings indicated.

(2) The term "employer" as used in this subtitle
means every employer engaged in any business or enterprise in
this State, including the government of the State of Maryland, or