Ch. 547                                       LAWS OF MARYLAND

(g) (1) Unless indigent, the party who requests a blood
test or who secures the appearance in court of [the laboratory
technician who made the] A DOCTOR OR TECHNICIAN FROM THE
LABORATORY THAT PREPARED THE REPORT OF THE BLOOD test is
responsible for the cost of the test and the costs associated
with the court appearance. However, if the requesting party
prevails in the proceeding, the court shall assess the cost of
the blood test or the costs associated with the court appearance
against the other parties to the proceeding.

(2) If any party chargeable with the cost of the
blood test or the costs associated with court appearance is
indigent, the cost of the blood test or the costs associated with
the court appearance shall be borne by the county where the
proceeding is pending, except to the extent that the court orders
any other party to the proceeding to pay all or part of the cost.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989.

Approved May 25, 1989.

CHAPTER 547

(Senate Bill 48)

AN ACT concerning

Property Tax - Constant Yield Tax Rate - Exemption

FOR the purpose of altering the basis for calculating the
exemption of certain municipal corporations from the
procedural requirements of the constant yield tax rate.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Tax - Property
Section 2-205(e)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1986 Volume and 1988 Supplement)

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

Article - Tax - Property

2-205.

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