Ch. 290                                     1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2)      THE COMMISSIONER MAY ACCEPT THE PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED
SURVEY UPON FINDING THAT THE SURVEYOR WAS A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL
LAND SURVEYOR, THAT THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
STANDARDS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AND THAT ADJOINING
LANDOWNERS OF RECORD WERE GIVEN WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE SURVEY.

(3)      IN DETERMINING WHETHER TO ACCEPT A PREVIOUSLY
PERFORMED SURVEY, THE COMMISSIONER MAY CONDUCT A HEARING.

(4)      ACCEPTANCE OF A PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED SURVEY DOES NOT
PRECLUDE AN OBJECTOR FROM RAISING ANY OBJECTION THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE
HAVE BEEN RAISED HAD THE SURVEY BEEN -PERFORMED PURSUANT TO A
WARRANT ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER.

13-313.

(a)     When a certificate of survey embracing any vacant land is filed, the
Commissioner shall forward one of the duplicate certificates returned by the surveyor to
the supervisor of assessments for each county in which the land is located.

(b)      [Within] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION,
WITHIN 30 days of receipt of the duplicate certificate, the supervisor shall have two

assessors:

(1) Independently of each other, inspect and assess the actual fair market
value of the vacant land and any improvements on it;                                             

(2)     Endorse the duplicate certificate with their joint determination of the
assessed value of the vacant land and improvements;

(3)     Prepare a statement of the reasons for the valuation;

(4)     Sign and verify the endorsed duplicate certificate and the statement; and

(5)     Return the endorsed duplicate certificate and the statement to the
Commissioner.

(c)      (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the purchase
price for the vacant land shall be the assessed value of the land in the county or, if located
in more than one county, the sum of the assessed values of the land in each county, as
determined by the assessors under subsection (b) of this section, less all expenses of the
surveyor, reasonable attorney's fees, and costs charged by the Commissioner.

(2) In a hearing before the Commissioner or in any proceeding for
declaratory relief under this title, the applicant may present evidence that the assessed
value of the vacant land is less than that established under paragraph (1) of this
subsection. In this case, the final judgment of the Commissioner or the circuit court; as
the case may be, shall set the purchase price for the vacant land at any amount, not
exceeding that established under paragraph (1) of this subsection, which the
Commissioner or the court, based on the endorsed duplicate certificate and statement of

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