Ch. 435                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

any of the terms of said mortgage, and (4) that the Northern Central Railway Company
shall obligate itself in writing to apply the proceeds of any such sale or sales to
improvement of the remainder of the mortgaged property. The Board of Public Works
shall accept as sufficient warrant for action hereunder a copy of a resolution of the board
of directors of the Northern Central Railway Company or of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, lessee of the Northern Central Railway Company, certified by the secretary
under the seal of the company, stating any facts in this section required to be established
as a condition of such release or releases, accompanied by a sworn certificate to the like
effect of the president or a vice-president of the Northern Central Railway Company, or
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, its lessee.]

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

Approved May 14, 1996.

CHAPTER 435
(House Bill 184)

AN ACT concerning

Mechanic's lien - Building Construction or Improvement Costs

FOR the purpose of establishing altering the amount of certain building construction or
improvement costs at the lessor of certain amounts for determining whether certain
property is subject to the establishment of a lien; and generally relating to the
establishment of a lien for certain construction projects.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Real Property
Section 9-102(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Real Property

9-102.

(a) Every building erected and every building repaired, rebuilt, or improved to the
extent of THE LESSER OF [25] 20 15 percent of its value OR $100,000 is subject to
establishment of a lien in accordance with this subtitle for the payment of all debts,
without regard to the amount, contracted for work done for or about the building and for
materials furnished for or about the building, including the drilling and installation of
wells to supply water, the construction or installation of any swimming pool or fencing,

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