WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 469

(4) the County Executive shall prepare and make available an annual report
on or before December 1 of each year on the disposition of fees collected under this
subsection during the previous fiscal year.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

Article - Family Law

2-404.

(b) (1) Except as provided in [subsection] SUBSECTIONS (E) AND (g) of this
section, any county or group or 2 or more counties may set an additional fee of up to $25
for each license.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 2 of this Act is
contingent on the taking effect of the termination provision specified in Section 2 of
Chapter 355 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1992. If that termination provision
takes effect, the provisions of Section 1 of this Act that relate to § 2-404(b)(l) of the
Family Law Article shall be void. This Act may not be interpreted to have any effect on
that termination provision.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1993.

Approved May 27, 1993.

CHAPTER 469
(Senate Bill 740)

AN ACT concerning

Family Law - Guardianship - Termination of Parental Rights

FOR the purpose of prohibiting a court from entering a decree for guardianship of an
individual until a certain time period after birth of the individual.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Family Law
Section 5-324

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

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

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