WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 176

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.

(a)  (1) The fee for a license is $10.

(2) The clerk shall:

(i) retain $5 of the fee; and

(ii) pay $5 of the fee into the general fund of
the county.

(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.

(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
shelters and domestic violence programs established under Title
4, Subtitle 5 of this article; and

(4)  the County Executive shall prepare and make
available an annual report on or before December 1 of each year
on the disposition of fees collected under this subsection during
the previous fiscal year.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987 is declared to be an emergency measure
and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health
and safety and having been passed by a yea and nay vote supported
by three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, it shall take effect from the
date of its passage.

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