Ch. 564                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

the Western Maryland Correctional Institution, Housing Unit Number 5, 384 beds, in the
Fiscal Year 1997 Capital Budget (Senate Bill 296/House Bill 3491 that is enacted into law
in 1996. If the Fiscal Year 1997 Capital Budget that is enacted into law in 1996 does not
include an authorization of planning, design, and site work funds in the amount of $1
million for the Western Maryland Correctional Institution. Housing Unit Number 5, 384
beds, this Act is null and void without the necessity of any further action by the General
Assembly.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Maryland Commission
on Criminal Sentencing Policy shall submit an Interim Report of its activities and
recommendations to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2-1312 of the State
Government Article, on or before December 31, 1996. The Commission shall submit a Final
Report of its recommendations to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2-1312 of the
State Government Article on or before September 30, 1997. The Final Report of the
Commission shall include a detailed rationale for each of its recommendations.

SECTION 2. 3. 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, subject to Section 2
of this Act, this Act shall take effect June 1, 1996.

Approved May 23, 1996.

CHAPTER 564
(Senate Bill 71)

AN ACT concerning

Carroll County - Subdivision Lots - Sale Before Plat Approval

FOR the purpose of amending the Zoning and Planning Law to include Carroll County in
a certain exception concerning the sale of certain land under certain zoning
classifications; and generally relating to the sale of land in a subdivision prior to
final subdivision plat approval.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 66B - Zoning and Planning
Section 5.05

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume)

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

                                   Article 66B - Zoning and Planning

(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, whoever, being
the owner or agent of the owner of any land located within a subdivision transfers or sells
or agrees to sell or negotiate to sell any land by reference to or exhibition of or by other
use of a plat of a subdivision, before the plat has been approved by the planning
commission and recorded or filed in the office of the appropriate county clerk, shall

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