Property tax, semiannual payment for owner-occupied residential
property, option required; recordation and transfer tax on property
sold to first-time Maryland home buyers, payment by seller and
exemption, provisions added; transfer tax rate reduced .................

Regulations imposing mandates on local government units,
evaluation of fiscal impact, requirements added .............................

Somerset County -
Volunteer fire companies, required county funding, increased ......

Talbot County -
Circuit court fines and forfeitures, use for court library

augmentation, provisions added ....................................................

Manufacturing SEE Industrial Matters
Marijuana SEE Controlled Dangerous Substances
Marinas —

Chesapeake Bay critical area, marina project development approval
in a local jurisdiction, credit for prior water quality protection
measures, provisions added ...............................................................

Removal of boats that remain at marinas for more than 48 hours

without permission, provisions added...............................................

Marriage —

SEE ALSO Divorce

Licenses, additional fee authorized in Washington and Calvert

Counties to fund domestic violence programs and shelters ............

Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund —

Accident history reports or driving records, charging by agents or
brokers of actual expenses incurred in obtaining, provisions added

Assessment mechanism altered by prohibiting the certification of a
1994 operating loss.............................................................................

Board of Trustees, composition altered; method of determining the
annual insufficiency assessment, altered; procurement exemption
expanded .............................................................................................

Comprehensive insurance reform, including expansion of competitive
rating, requirements for marketing plans, underwriting standards,
and good driving discounts, and measures to increase the
availability and affordability of insurance in Baltimore ..................

Eligibility provisions, definition of automobile owner altered; factors
for determining rate eligibility, altered; Board of Trustees,
restrictions on members appointed by Governor, added ................

Uninsured Division surplus, transfer to the General Fund, provisions

added ..................................................................................................

Maryland Industrial Development Financing Authority —

Revenue bonds to finance working capital expenditures, issuance on

behalf of private entities, authorized................................................

Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission —

Bladensburg, bond funds for historic waterfront.................................

Development rights and responsibilities agreements between local
governments and developers, provisions added ...............................

Litter law violations, disbursement of fines or reimbursement of
removal costs to, provisions added ...................................................

INDEX

Chapter

Page

123	1692
388	2486
482	2720
336	2286
626	3538
342	2329
454	2639
275	2141
2	6
139	1811
352	2368
296	2198
353	2409
327	2261
520	2957
562	3242
447	2627

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