PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 279

(A)

(1)     To enact local laws for [such] THE county, including the power to repeal or
amend local laws [thereof] OF THE COUNTY enacted by the General Assembly upon the
matters covered by the express powers in this article [granted; to].

(2)      TO provide for the enforcement of all ordinances, resolutions, bylaws and
regulations adopted under the authority of this article by fines, penalties and
imprisonment, enforceable according to law as may be prescribed [, but no such fine or].
A penalty [shall] MAY NOT exceed [$1,000.00] $1,000 for any offense [other than a fair
housing law offense], UNLESS OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED IN THIS SUBSECTION, or
PROVIDE FOR imprisonment for more than six months[; to].

(3)     TO provide for the enforcement of local fair housing laws by fines or penalties
that do not exceed the fines or penalties provided in the Federal Fair Housing Act
Amendments of 1988 for enforcement of similar federal fair housing laws[; to].

(4)     TO PROVIDE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF LOCAL EMPLOYMENT
DISCRIMINATION LAWS OR PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS DISCRIMINATION LAWS BY
FINES OR PENALTIES THAT DO NOT EXCEED $5,000 FOR ANY OFFENSE.

(5)     TO provide for enforcement of all ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, and
regulations adopted under the authority of this article by civil fines and penalties.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1995.

Approved May 9, 1995.

CHAPTER 279
(House Bill 752)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Western Maryland College - Lewis Hall of Science

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $3,500,000,
the proceeds to be used as a grant to Western Maryland College for certain
development or improvement purposes; providing for disbursement of the loan
proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching
fund; requiring the grantee to grant and convey a certain easement to the Maryland
Historical Trust; and providing generally for the issuance and sale of bonds
evidencing the loan.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That:

(1) The Board of Public Works may borrow money and incur indebtedness on
behalf of the State of Maryland through a State loan to be known as the Western
Maryland College - Lewis Hall of Science Loan of 1995 in a total principal amount equal

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