WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 690

SHALL BE ENTERTAINED BY ANY COURT UNLESS AN APPLICATION TO REOPEN
A JUDGMENT HERETOFORE RENDERED IS FILED ON OR BEFORE JULY 1,
1988, AND WITH REGARD TO JUDGMENTS HEREAFTER RENDERED IS FILED
WITHIN 1 YEAR FROM THE DATE OF THE JUDGMENT.

[(a)] (B) If the judgment of the court foreclosing all
rights of redemption is set aside, the amount required to redeem
is the amount required by this subtitle, and in addition, the
reasonable value, at the date the judgment is set aside, of all
improvements made on the property by the purchaser and the
purchaser's successors in interest.

[(b)] (C) A court in the State may not reopen a judgment
rendered in a foreclosure proceeding instituted by the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore City under former Article 81, §§ 117
through 121 of the Code unless an application to reopen the
judgment is filed on or before June 30, 1987. After June 30,
1987, any judgment rendered under former Article 81, §§ 117
through 121 of the Code shall be deemed conclusively to have been
ratified by all persons who might otherwise have grounds to
object to the judgment.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall

be construed retroactively and shall be applied to and

interpreted to affect any judgment rendered in a tax sale

foreclosure proceeding on or after February 1, 1986.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved June 2, 1987.

CHAPTER 690

(House Bill 988)

AN ACT concerning

Developmental Disabilities Administration - Direct
Staff In-Service Training Program

FOR the purpose of requiring the Developmental Disabilities
Administration to implement an provide for in-service
training Program for direct care staff in certain
facilities; defining certain terms; requiring the training
program to include certain components; requiring certain
employees to participate in the Program within a certain
time; requiring the Administration to seek funding to

- 3223 -