Ch. 254                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - family Law

Section 2-404(c), (d), (e), (f), and (h)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Volume and 1986 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Family Law
Section 2-404(j) and (k)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1984 Volume and 1986 Supplement)

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

Article - Family Law

2-404.

(b) (1) Any county or group of 2 or more counties may set
an additional fee of up to $25 for each license..

(2) The proceeds shall be used to fund domestic
violence programs.

(c) In Anne Arundel County:

(1) the County Council may set by resolution an
additional fee [of up to $15] AS AUTHORIZED IN THIS SECTION for

each license;                                          

(2) the clerk shall pay the proceeds from the
additional fee to the general fund of the county each month; and

(3) the County Council shall distribute the proceeds
to promote or fund domestic violence programs.

(d) In Baltimore [and Howard counties] COUNTY:

(1) the County Council may set by resolution an
additional fee of up to $15 for each license;

(2) the clerk shall pay the proceeds from the
additional fee to the Director of Finance of the county each
month;                                                                                         

(3) the proceeds, in addition to designated federal,
State, and county funds, shall be used to fund battered spouse

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