Ch. 517                                        1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

14-311.

(A)     A COMMERCIAL LEASING BROKERAGE AGREEMENT BETWEEN A BROKER
AND AN OWNER MAY NOT WAIVE OR REQUIRE THE BROKER TO WAIVE THE RIGHT
TO CLAIM OR ESTABLISH A BROKER'S LIEN.

(B)      ANY WAIVER PROVISION MADE IN A COMMERCIAL LEASING BROKERAGE
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CONTRACT, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, BETWEEN A
BROKER AND AN OWNER MADE IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION IS VOID AS A
MATTER OF PUBLIC POLICY.

14-312.

(A)     AT THE TIME OF ANY SETTLEMENT OR PAYMENT IN FULL BETWEEN A
BROKER AND AN OWNER, THE BROKER SHALL GIVE TO THE OWNER A SIGNED
RELEASE OF THE BROKER'S LIEN ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS SUBTITLE.

(B)      AN OWNER IS NOT SUBJECT TO A LIEN AND IS NOT OTHERWISE LIABLE
FOR ANY COMMISSION INCLUDED IN THE RELEASE UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS
SECTION.

14-313.                                                                                                                 

SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE, AN ACTION TO ESTABLISH
AND ENFORCE A BROKER'S LIEN UNDER THIS SUBTITLE, AND ALL PROCEEDINGS
HELD UNDER THIS SUBTITLE, SHALL BE .IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MARYLAND
RULES APPLICABLE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF A MECHANICS'
LIEN UNDER TITLE 9 OF THE REAL PROPERTY ARTICLE.

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

Approved May 26, 1994.

CHAPTER 517
(Senate Bill 750)

AN ACT concerning

Funeral Directors and Morticians - Cremation Decisions

FOR the purpose of authorizing any individual of a certain age to decide the disposition
of the individual's own body in a certain manner under certain circumstances;
establishing an order of priority of persons for deciding authorized to decide the
final disposition of the body of a decedent under certain circumstances; prohibiting
a person from being an authorized agent when a decedent has left instructions in a
certain manner that the decedent did not want to be cremated; authorizing certain
other persons to be an authorized agent for the body of a decedent under certain
circumstances; establishing a rebuttable presumption for a funeral director
authorizing certain persons to rely upon certain representations for the purpose of

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