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Ch. 477 1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - State Government
13-313.
, THE DIAMONDBACK TERRAPIN (MALACLEMYS TERRAPIN) IS THE STATE
REPTILE AND OFFICIAL MASCOT OF THE STATE'S FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITY AT
COLLEGE PARK.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.
Approved May 26, 1994.
CHAPTER 477
(Senate Bill 283)
AN ACT concerning
Judgments - Limitation on Noneconomic Damages
FOR the purpose of providing that the limitation on an award for noneconomic damages
applies in a wrongful death action in which the cause of action arises on or after a
certain date; providing for the application of the limitation on an award for
noneconomic damages in a personal injury or wrongful death action to certain
persons and actions; increasing the limitation on an award for noneconomic
damages in certain causes of action arising on or after a certain date; providing for
an annual increase in the limitation on an award for noneconomic damages;
establishing a certain limitation on an award for noneconomic damages in which
there is a certain number of claimants or beneficiaries; providing for the reduction
of an award in certain wrongful death actions under certain circumstances; defining
the term "noneconomic damages" for purposes of applying the limitation on an
award for noneconomic damages in a wrongful death action; providing for the
effective date of certain provisions of this Act; providing for the construction and
application of certain provisions of this Act; and generally relating to the limitation
on an award for noneconomic damages in certain actions.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 11-108 and 11-109(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1989 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
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