Ch. 410

LAWS OF MARYLAND

be repaid the purchase money paid by him on the rejected sale and
all taxes assessed on such real estate and paid by the purchaser
since such sale, with interest on all such sums from time of
payment. If the purchaser has not paid the purchase money or the
subsequent taxes, such proceeds shall be applied to the payment
of the taxes for which such property may have been sold and all
subsequent taxes thereon then in arrears, with interest on the
same, according to law. No sale made under the provisions of
this chapter shall be set aside if the provisions of the law
shall appear to have been substantially complied with. The
burden of proof shall be on the exceptant to show the same to be
invalid.]

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

Approved May 17, 1988.

CHAPTER 410

(House Bill 446)

AN ACT concerning

Queen Anne's County - County Commissioners - Impact Fees

FOR the purpose of authorizing the County Commissioners of Queen
Anne's County, by ordinance or resolution, to fix, impose,
and collect certain development impact fees for certain
purposes; and providing for a delayed effective date.

BY adding to

Article 25 - County Commissioners

Section 9H

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1987 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

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

Article 25 - County Commissioners

9H.

THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY, BY
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION, MAY FIX, IMPOSE, AND COLLECT DEVELOPMENT
IMPACT FEES FOR FINANCING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, THE CAPITAL COSTS

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