PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 533

but not limited to, undue individual hardship, or the population size of the county, the
city, or municipality. The Commission shall consider all such requests, and may grant any
modification, extension, or suspension of time it considers justified.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 40A, § 6-501(b).

Former Art. 40A, § 6-501(b) is not retained in the Code because it is
apparently obsolete. However, it is transferred to the Session Laws to avoid
any inadvertent substantive effect that its repeal might have.

The only changes are in style.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Revisor's Notes and
catchlines contained in this Act are not law and may not be considered to have been
enacted as a part of this Act.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That nothing in this Act affects
the term of office of an appointed or elected member of any department, board,
commission, committee, agency, or other unit. An individual who is a member of a unit on
the effective date of this Act shall remain a member for the balance of the term to which
appointed or elected, unless the member sooner dies, resigns, or is removed under
provisions of law.

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the terms of members of
the State Ethics Commission serving on October 1, 1995 end as follows:

(1)  One in 1996;

(2) One in 1997;

(3)  One in 1998;

(4)  One in 1999; and

(5)  One in 2000.

SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, except as expressly
provided to the contrary in this Act, any transaction or employment status affected by or
flowing from any change of nomenclature or any statute amended, repealed, or
transferred by this Act and validly entered into or existing before the effective date of this
Act and every right, duty, or interest flowing from the statute, remains valid after the
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as required or allowed by any statute amended, repealed, or transferred by this Act as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 8. 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,

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