WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

(2) meet any requirement that the Court of Appeals
may set by rule.

(b) This section does not apply to;

(1)  a person while representing a landlord in a
summary ejectment proceeding in the District Court of Maryland;

(2)  an insurance company while defending an insured
through staff counsel; or

(3)  an officer of a corporation while appearing on
its behalf in a civil action in the District Court of Maryland if
the action;

(i) is based on a claim that does not exceed
[$1,000] $2,500; and

(ii) is not based on an assignment, to the
corporation, of the claim of another.

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

SECTION 3 AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
be construed only prospectively and may not be applied or
interpreted to have any effect upon or application to any officer
of a corporation appearing prior to July 1, 1989 in the District
Court on behalf of a corporation in a civil suit.

SECTION 3 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 1
Section 1 and 3 of this Act shall take effect July 1, 1989.

SECTION 4 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 2 of
this Act shall take effect October 1, 1989, contingent on the

taking effect of Chapter of the Acts of the General Assembly

of 1989 (S.B. 1), and if Chapter does not become effective,

Section 2 of this Act shall be null and void without the
necessity of further action by the General Assembly.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
be construed only prospectively and may not be applied or
interpreted to have any effect upon application to any officer of
a corporation appearing prior to July 1, 1989 in the District
Court on behalf of a corporation in a civil suit.

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