Ch. 677                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

(I)  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF
THIS PARAGRAPH, EVERY person who shall, directly or indirectly,
pay, give, contribute or promise any money or other valuable
thing, to defray, or towards defraying the costs or expenses of
any campaign or election, to any person, committee, company,
organization or association, other than to a treasurer or a
subtreasurer[, but this subsection shall].

(II)  ITEM (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH MAY not apply
to:

1.    [dues] DUES regularly paid for
membership in any political club if all money expended by [such]
THE club or in connection with the costs or expenses of any
campaign or election shall be paid out by it only through a
treasurer or subtreasurer as provided in this article[, or for];

2.   [volunteered] VOLUNTEERED time or
personal vehicles or personal advertising or costs and expenses
incident to the expression of personal views in accordance with
the provisions of § 26-9(a) of this article; OR

3.  AN EMPLOYER'S ACCUMULATION OF EMPLOYEE
CONTRIBUTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 26-9(C) OF THIS ARTICLE.

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

Approved May 27, 1988.

CHAPTER 677

(House Bill 723)

AN ACT concerning

Homeowners Property Tax Credits - Multiple Occupancy

FOR the purpose of altering the definition of "dwelling" to
provide that for purposes of computing credit under the
homeowners property tax credit program a dwelling may not be
occupied by more than a certain number of families; altering
the definition of "gross income"; and generally relating to
the homeowners property tax credit program.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - Tax - Property
Section 9-104(a)(1)

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