Ch. 377                          1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND .

(ii) Submission of a certified copy or photostat of the requested
document is full compliance with the subpoena.

(4) On motion and for good cause shown, the court may compel the
attendance of an authorized representative of the Administration to answer the subpoena
for the production of documents.

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

Approved May 2, 1994.                                                                                

CHAPTER 377
(House Bill 687)

AN ACT concerning                                                                     

St. Mary's County - Transfer Tax - Sunset

FOR the purpose of extending the authority of the County Commissioners of St. Mary's
County to impose a transfer tax on certain instruments of writing through a
specified date.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
The Public Local Laws of St. Mary's County
Section 138-1

Article 19 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1978 Edition and August 1993 Supplement, as amended)

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

Article 19 - St. Mary's County

138-1.

A. (1) In this section "instrument of writing" means a written instrument that
conveys title to, or a leasehold interest in, real property.

(2) "Instrument of writing" includes:

(a) A deed, or contract;

             (b) A lease;

              (c) An assignment of a lessee's interest;

(d)     Articles of transfer;

(e)     Articles of merger or other document which evidences a merger of
foreign corporations or foreign limited: partnerships; and

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