Ch. 246                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

transferred pursuant to this Act from the former Board of
Trustees of State Universities and Colleges, or any institution
formerly under the jurisdiction of such Board, or acquired by the
University of Maryland System for the use of a constituent
institution that prior to this Act was under the jurisdiction of
the former Board of Trustees of State Universities and Colleges,
shall not be subject to any contract, agreement, indenture,
pledge or other obligation made or entered into by the former
University of Maryland so long as any until such time as all
present obligation secured by such property remain outstanding.
Unless the Board of Regents determines otherwise, all property,
including present and future revenues therefrom, acquired by or
for the benefit of the University of Maryland System, for use by
a constituent institution or a center that was not in existence
on June 30, 1988, shall not be subject to any contract,
agreement, indenture, pledge or other obligation entered into or
made by the former University of Maryland or the former Board of
Trustees of State Universities and Colleges.

SECTION 21. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That all contracts,
agreements, grants or other obligations entered into by the
University of Maryland or any campus or unit of the University of
Maryland or the Board of Trustees of State Universities and
Colleges or any of the institutions formerly under the
jurisdiction of the Board of Trustees of State Universities and
Colleges, prior to July 1, 1988, but which under the terms of
such obligations are to continue in effect after July 1, 1988,
are hereby declared to be valid, legal, and binding obligations
of the University of Maryland System or of the appropriate
constituent institution, center, or other unit of the University
of Maryland System, enforceable in accordance with their terms.

SECTION 22. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the missions of
each of the 13 public senior higher education campuses, as such
missions are identified in the overall plan developed by the
State Board for Higher Education as of June 30, 1988, shall
continue in effect without change from July 1, 1988 until June
30, 1989 new missions are approved by the Maryland Higher
Education Commission.

SECTION 23. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That all laws or
parts of laws, public general or public local, or regulations
inconsistent with this Act are repealed to the extent of the
inconsistency.

SECTION 24. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, if any
provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance is held invalid for any reason in a court of
competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect other

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