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Bakery equipment, sales and use tax exemption for retail food
vendors, provisions added.................................................................. 115 1394

Bioptic telescopic lens users, eligibility for drivers' license,
termination date of provisions extended .......................................... 108 1379

Bulletproof body armor, wearing in the commission of a crime of
violence, misdemeanor provisions added.......................................... 571 3234

Cloned wireless telephones or readers, possession, use, distribution,
manufacture, or sale, prohibited....................................................... 680 3844

Code grabbing device, possession, use, manufacture, or sale for use in

the commission of a crime, prohibited ............................................. 635 3636

Electric or gas meter accuracy testing equipment approved by the
Public Service Commission, stamping or marking requirements
repealed ..............................................................................................         39 1068

Information technology proposals, projects, procurement, and
Information Technology Investment Fund, provisions for State
agencies and Transportation Department, amended.......................         87 1199

Mechanics' lien coverage of leasing of equipment, with or without

operator, for use on or about building premises, provisions added . 440 2746

Sales and use tax exemption for machinery and equipment used in a
production activity, provisions altered .............................................. 345 2045

Telecommunications devices for disabled persons, underwriting of
program by Universal Service Trust Fund and participant eligibility

requirements, provisions altered ....................................................... 101 1361

Erosion SEE Shore Erosion
Escrow Accounts —

Property tax semiannual payment, provisions clarified and amended         97 1345

Estates and Trusts —

SEE ALSO Fiduciaries

Farmland passed from decedent to certain relatives, inheritance tax
exemption, provisions added ............................................................. 367 2519

First notice when probate process initiated, method of mail delivery,

provisions altered............................................................................... 417 2683

Maryland Partnership for Long-Term Care Program, implementation
postponed until federal law allows an exemption from estate
recovery requirements for medicaid recipients granted resources
exclusion under program ................................................................... 442 2749

Probate information booklet and materials provided by Register of
Wills, separate distribution of fees to Comptroller, provisions

repealed.............................................................................................. 530 3052

Ethics --

Commission, State, appropriation to....................................................          13 720

Financial disclosure requirements reduced for acquisitions by public
officials of small additional interests in corporations ......................          18 1009

Health occupation boards, code of conduct for members and
designated investigators, development by State Ethics Commission,
requirements added ........................................................................... 460 2803

Independent college and university trustees, administrators, and
faculty members, exemption from lobbyist regulations, provisions
added .................................................................................................. 676 3829

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