PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 94

Planning Commission shall provide and expend a matching fund. No part of the matching
fund may be provided, either directly or indirectly, from funds of the State, whether
appropriated or unappropriated. No part of the fund may consist of real property, in kind
contributions, or funds expended prior to the effective date of this Act. In case of any
dispute as to the amount of the matching fund or what money or assets may qualify as
matching funds, the Board of Public Works shall determine the matter and the Board's
decision is final. The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission has until
June 1, 1998, to present evidence satisfactory to the Board of Public Works that a
matching fund will be provided. If satisfactory evidence is presented, the Board shall
certify this fact and the amount of the matching fund to the State Treasurer, and the
proceeds of the loan equal to the amount of the matching fund shall be expended for the
purposes provided in this Act. Any amount of the loan in excess of the amount of the
matching fund certified by the Board of Public Works shall be canceled and be of no
further effect.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1996.

Approved April 30, 1996.

CHAPTER 94

(Senate Bill 57)

AN ACT concerning

Consumer Protection - Credit Card Holders Signature Protection

FOR the purpose of prohibiting, under certain circumstances and with certain exceptions,
the use or disclosure of the signature of the holder of a credit card or other payment
device; prohibiting under certain circumstances the possession, with certain intent,
of the signature of the holder of a credit card or other payment device; making a
violation of this Act a felony subject to certain penalties; authorizing the Attorney
General to institute certain actions; defining a certain term; and generally relating
to protecting the signatures of holders of credit cards and other payment devices.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Commercial Law
Section 14-1401, 14-1402, 14-1403, and 14-1405
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Commercial Law
Section 14-1404
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

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