Ch. 438                                    1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(iii) the Board of Public Works, with the advice and counsel of the
Attorney General, has approved the payment.

(2) Any payment of part of a settlement or judgment under this subsection
does not abrogate the sovereign immunity of the State or any units beyond the waiver
provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this section.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 2 of this Act shall
be construed only prospectively and may not be applied or interpreted to have any effect
on or application to any cause of action arising before July 1, 1996.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 1 of this Act shall
take effect October 1, 1995.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections 2 and 3 of this
Act shall take effect July 1, 1996.

Approved May 18, 1995.

CHAPTER 438
(Senate Bill 268)

AN ACT concerning

Higher Education Loan Program - Repayment of Loans in Default

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Maryland Higher Education Commission or a certain
entity to request a certain unit in the Department of Budget and Fiscal Planning to
withhold certain State income tax refunds to repay certain loans that have been in
default.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Education
Section 18-1014
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

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

Article - Education

18-1014.

(a) Based upon a finding that, as a result of the implementation of changes to the
Title IV federal Family Education Loan Program that will affect sources of revenue for
the Corporation, including the establishment of the State Postsecondary Review Entity

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