Ch. 52                                       1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

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

Article- Commercial Law

[11-1105.

Any county of municipal corporation law that concerns distress sales shall prevail
over the provisions of this subtitle.]

11-1105.

(A)     THIS SUBTITLE PROVIDES MINIMUM STANDARDS TO PROTECT
CONSUMERS IN THE STATE.

(B)     A COUNTY, A MUNICIPALITY, OR AN AGENCY OF A COUNTY OR
MUNICIPALITY MAY ADOPT STANDARDS CONCERNING DISTRESS SALES, WITHIN
THE SCOPE OF ITS AUTHORITY, ONLY IF THE STANDARDS:

(1)      ARE AT LEAST AS STRINGENT AS THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBTITLE; AND

(2)      ARE NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(C)     THIS SUBTITLE IS ENFORCEABLE UNDER TITLE 13 OF THIS ARTICLE OR BY
ANY APPROPRIATE LOCAL JURISDICTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1993.

Approved April 13, 1993.

CHAPTER 52
(House Bill 670)

AN ACT concerning

St. Mary's County - Public Facilities Bonds

FOR the purpose of authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of St.
Mary's County, from time to time, to borrow not more than $20,000,000 in order to
finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in
St. Mary's County, as herein defined, and to effect such borrowing by the issuance
and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds in like par amount;
empowering the County to fix and determine, by resolution, the form, tenor, interest
rate or rates of method of determining the same, terms, conditions, maturities; and
all other details incident to the issuance and sale of the bonds, empowering the
County to issue refunding bonds for the purchase or redemption of bonds in
advance of maturity; empowering and directing the County to levy, impose, and
collect, annually, ad valorem taxes in rate and amount sufficient to provide funds for

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