Ch. 408                                     1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(viii) A disqualification for life may be reduced if permitted by § 16-812
(d) of this title.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1993 January 1, 1994.

Approved May 27, 1993.

CHAPTER 408
(Senate Bill 35)

AN ACT concerning

Real Property Tax - Semiannual Payment

FOR the purpose of authorizing the counties or Baltimore City and municipal
corporations to authorize certain property owners to elect to pay real property taxes
on a semiannual basis; establishing the tax years to which a semiannual schedule
applies; requiring certain property owners to pay a certain service charge; providing
for the adoption and calculation of the service charge; requiring that a property tax
bill include certain information; establishing the dates by which a property tax must
be paid under a semiannual schedule; requiring that the property tax be paid in a
certain manner if an escrow account is established; providing for the application of
this Act; and generally relating to the payment of property taxes on a semiannual
basis.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Tax - Property
Section 10-102
Annotated Code of Maryland^:
(1986 Volume and 1992 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Tax - Property

Section 10-204.3

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1986 Volume and 1992 Supplement)

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

Article - Tax - Property

10-102.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, property tax is due on July 1 in each
taxable year.

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