Environmental Service, Maryland —

Five-year plan, contract, or charges, written consent required for
alteration; in effect as long as bonds or notes remain outstanding;

fee provisions altered.........................................................................

Environmental Trust —

Appropriation to ....................................................................................

Equipment —

SEE ALSO Motor Vehicles - Equipment

Bicycle helmets, use required for riders or passengers under 16 .......

Capital equipment, use of bond funds for if appropriation exceeds
construction expenses, provisions added ..........................................

Capital leases, authority of State Treasurer to enter into, provisions
added; method for financing established..........................................

Garrett County -
Procurement provisions concerning lease purchase and finance
agreements, used personal property, road equipment, and
advertising for bids, added and amended .....................................

Medical, sales and use tax exemptions, amended ...............................

Nutrition Assistance Program, Statewide, established for funding to
food distribution organizations for equipment.................................

Out-of-state vendor, definition altered for sales and use tax purposes
to include persons entering the State on a regular basis to provide
service or repair for tangible personal property ..............................

Pager possession on public school property, police inquiry required;
arrest of violator made discretionary rather than mandatory .........

Research and development equipment and supplies, property tax

exemption added and credit repealed ..............................................

Escrow Accounts —

Deposits on new and custom homes, requirements for surety bonds,
escrow accounts, disclosure forms for purchasers, penalties for
violations, subcontractor identification and progress payments, and
disclosure of purchaser exposure to mechanic's lien, provisions
altered.................................................................................................

Maryland Housing Resource Corporation, terminated .......................

Estates and Trusts —

SEE ALSO Fiduciaries

Escheat of decedent's estate, claim by relative for refund of payment
made to Department of Health and Mental Hygiene or local board
of education, required degree of relationship altered .....................

Estate tax, apportionment of federal and State tax to interests and
gifts not included in decedent's federal taxable estate, prohibition
clarified ...............................................................................................

Interstate bank acquisition, branching, examination, and reporting
provisions altered in response to the 1994 federal interstate
banking law.........................................................................................

Money held in trust for subcontractors by contractors or
subcontractors, persons deemed a trustee for purposes of liability,
personal liability, and evidence regarding intent to defraud,
provisions altered ...............................................................................

Personal representatives, notice of resignation, requirements altered .

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INDEX

Chapter

Page

407	2541
7	430
497	2857
131	1794
138	1804
35 286	720 2160
607	3478
221	2030
391	2492
128	1728
569 58	3271 1340
386	2484
555	3218
213	1989
436 423	2610 2579