Ch. 7                                       1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

effective date of this Act and may be terminated, completed, consummated, or enforced
as required or allowed by any statute amended, repealed, or transferred by this Act as
though the repeal, amendment, or transfer had not occurred. If the change in
nomenclature involves a change in name or designation of any State' unit, the successor
unit shall be considered in all respects as having the powers and obligations granted the
former unit.

SECTION 15. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the continuity of every
department, board, commission, committee, agency, or other unit is retained. The
personnel, records, files, furniture, fixtures, and other properties and all appropriations,
credits, assets, liabilities, and obligations of each retained unit are continued as the
personnel, records, files, furniture, fixtures, properties, appropriations, credits, assets,
liabilities, and obligations of the unit under the laws enacted by this Act.

SECTION 16. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, subject to the approval
of the Director of the Department of Legislative Reference, the publishers of the
Annotated Code of Maryland shall propose the correction of cross-references that are
rendered incorrect by this Act.

SECTION 17. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, at the end of June 30;
1995, arid with no further action required by the General Assembly, § 21-315 of the State
Personnel and Pensions Article, as enacted by Section 2 of this Act, shall be void, and §
21-315 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article as enacted by Section 3 of this Act
shall take effect. This section supersedes the termination and abrogation provisions of
Section 3 of Chapter 234 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1993.

SECTION 18. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, subject to the provisions
of Section 17 of this Act, this Act shall take effect October 1, 1994.           

Approved March 25, 19.94.         

CHAPTER 7
(Senate Bill 48)

AN ACT concerning

Real Property - Restrictive Covenants - Family Day Care Homes

FOR the purpose of prohibiting certain provisions in certain recorded covenants and
restrictions from being construed to prohibit or restrict family day care homes;
providing that the operation of a family day care home is to be considered a
residential activity for a certain purpose; defining a certain term; providing certain
exceptions; providing for the application of this Act; making this Act an emergency
measure; and generally relating to the effect of recorded covenants and restrictions
on family day care homes.

BY adding to           

Article - Real Property

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