Ch. 597                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

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

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections 1 and 3 of this
Act shall apply only to termination of parental rights proceedings and related adoption
proceedings initiated on or after October 1, 1996.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That all hearings to review the
implementation of a permanency plan for a child committed under § 3-820(c)(1)(ii) of
the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article conducted on or after October 1, 1996 shall
be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of this Act. However, any
review hearing scheduled prior to October 1, 1996 to occur on or after October 1, 1996
need not be rescheduled in accordance with the time frames established in Section 2 of
this Act.

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved May 23, 1996.

CHAPTER 597
(Senate Bill 726)

AN ACT concerning

Comptroller - Law Enforcement Authority

FOR the purpose of expanding the police authority of certain authorized employees of
the Investigative Services Unit of the Comptroller's Office to include enforcing
motor fuel tax, motor carrier tax, motor fuel and lubricants, and transient vendor
laws; repealing certain provisions relating to the scope and powers of the
Investigative Services Unit; and generally relating to the law enforcement powers of
the Comptroller.

BY repealing

Article - Business Regulation
Section 10-206
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Tax - General
Section 2-107

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1988 Volume and 1995 Supplement)

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