Ch. 2

LAWS OF MARYLAND

date of this Act shall remain a member for the balance of the
term to which appointed or elected, unless the member sooner
dies, resigns, or is removed under provisions of law.

SECTION 13. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That except as
expressly provided to the contrary in this Act, any transaction
affected by or flowing from any change of nomenclature or any
statute there amended, repealed, or transferred, and validly
entered into before the effective date and every right, duty, or
interest flowing from the statute remains valid after the
effective date and may be terminated, completed, consummated, or
enforced as required or allowed by any statute amended, repealed,
or transferred by this Act as though the repeal, amendment, or
transfer had not occurred. If the change in nomenclature
involves a change in name or designation of any State agency, the
successor agency shall be considered in all respects as having
the powers and obligations granted the former agency.

SECTION 14. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the continuity
of every department, board, commission, committee, agency, or
other unit affected by this Act is retained. The personnel,
records, files, furniture, fixtures, and other properties and all
appropriations, credits, assets, liabilities, and obligations of
each retained unit are continued as the personnel, records,
files, furniture, fixtures, properties, appropriations, credits,
assets, liabilities, and obligations of the unit under the laws
enacted by this Act.

SECTION 15. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That except as
expressly provided to the contrary in this Act, any person
licensed, registered, or certified by any unit established or
continued by any statute amended, repealed, or transferred by
this Act is considered for all purposes to be licensed,
registered, or certified by the appropriate unit continued under
this Act for the duration of the term for which the license,
registration, or certification was issued, and may renew that
authorization in accordance with the appropriate renewal
provisions of this Act. Except as expressly provided to the
contrary in this Act, an individual who was originally licensed,
registered, or certified under a provision of law that has been
deleted by this Act as obsolete, continues to meet the education
and experience requirements to the same extent as if that
provision had not been deleted.

SECTION 16. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect January 1, 1989.

Approved February 9, 1988.

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