Ch. 9

LAWS OF MARYLAND

to resolve questions raised by the Attorney General's
May 1, 1986 bill review letter to the Governor
regarding the. adequacy of the title of Chapter 423
(House Bill 196) of the Acts of 1986. That letter
suggested that the title of Chapter 423 did not
reflect that a recipient of services provided in a
facility or program operated or funded wholly or in
part by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene,
or a chargeable person responsible for the recipient's
care, are not responsible for the cost of care where
the recipient is involuntarily admitted to a public
facility and then released after evaluation for a
failure to meet the standards for involuntary
commitment. The title of this Curative Bill reflects
the lack of responsibility of such a recipient for
cost of care, as shown above.

Chapter 702 of the Acts of 1985

SECTION 1. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 10-1
and 10-8 through 10-19, inclusive, of Article 10 - Dorchester
County of the Code of Public Local Laws (1974 EDITION) of
Maryland be repealed.

DRAFTER'S NOTE: The inclusion of this short repealer is
intended to correct an error in a function paragraph
in Chapter 702 (House Bill 1412) of the Acts of 1985.
That error, noted by the professional staff of the
Department of Legislative Reference, referenced the
1984 Edition of the Public Local Laws of Dorchester
County, rather than the 1974 Edition. The sections
repealed, relating to outdated election districts,
were contained in the 1974 Edition, but not in the
1984 Edition. This Curative Bill reprints the short
repealer in Chapter 702, with a related title
reference, in order to verify the repeal contained in
Chapter 702.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Drafter's
Notes contained in this Act are not law and may not be considered
to have been enacted as a part of this Act.

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