WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 91

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

Article - Real Property

3-104.

(f) (1) No fee-simple deed, mortgage, or deed of trust may
be recorded in Montgomery County, Prince George's County, ST.
MARY'S COUNTY, or Washington County unless it bears a
certification that the instrument has been prepared by an
attorney admitted to practice before the Court of Appeals, under
his supervision, or by or on behalf of one of the parties named
in the instrument.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

Approved April 12, 1988.

CHAPTER 91

(House Bill 800)

AN ACT concerning

Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965

FOR the purpose of transferring and reassigning the
responsibilities and authority to implement the Appalachian
Regional Development Act of 1965 from the Department of
Economic and Employment Development to the Department of
Housing and Community Development; transferring the Maryland
State Appalachian Housing Fund to the Department of Housing
and Community Development; transferring Maryland membership
on the Appalachian Regional Commission to the Department of
Housing and Community Development; making this Act an
emergency measure; and generally relating to the transfer of
the State's powers and duties relating to the Appalachian
Regional Development Act of 1965.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 41A - Department of Economic and Employment

Development
Section l-204(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1986 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

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