Ch. 3

1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

14 of this Act shall be construed retroactively and shall be applied to and interpreted to
affect any right or obligation arising on or after July 1, 1992, under former Article 73B, §§
47 through 53, inclusive, as if those sections had not been repealed under Chapter 131,
Acts of 1992.

SECTION 18. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 15 of this Act
may not take effect until a similar Act is passed by the Commonwealth of Virginia; that
the Commonwealth of Virginia is requested to concur in Section 15 of this Act of the
General Assembly of Maryland by the passage of a similar Act; and that upon that event
the Governor of the State of Maryland shall issue a proclamation declaring Section 15 of
this Act valid and effective.

SECTION 19. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the publishers of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, subject to the approval of the Director of the Department
of Legislative Reference, shall make any changes in the text of the Annotated Code
necessary to effectuate any termination provision that was enacted by the General
Assembly and has taken effect or will take effect prior to October 1, 1995. Any enactment
of the 1995 Session of the General Assembly that negates or extends the effect of a
previously enacted termination provision shall prevail over the provisions of this section.

SECTION 20. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Drafter's Notes
contained in this Act are not law and may not be considered to have been enacted as part
of this Act.

SECTION 21. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, except for Sections 2,
3, 4, 11, 12, 13, and 14 of this Act, the provisions of this Act are intended solely to correct
technical errors in the law and that there is no intent to revive or otherwise affect law that
is the subject of other acts, whether those acts were signed by the Governor prior to or
after the signing of this Act.

SECTION 22. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That any statutory
cross-reference rendered obsolete by an Act of the General Assembly of 1995 shall be
corrected by the publisher of the Annotated Code, the Michie Company, in consultation
with the Director of Legislative Reference, with no further action required by the
General Assembly. The Michie Company shall adequately describe any such correction in
an editor's note following the section affected.

SECTION 23. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 6 of this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1995.

SECTION 24. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, except as provided in
Section 23 of this Act, this Act is an emergency measure, is necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and safety, has been passed by a yea and nay vote
supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the
General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is enacted.

Approved March 7, 1995.

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