PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 619

SECTION 2, AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the position of Inspector
III LB is changed to that of Assistant Inspector Supervisor. This change in title does not
affect in any way the job tenure of the person who holds that position on the effective
date of this Act.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the provisions of this
Act are not intended to have any effect on may not be construed to apply to any legal
proceeding that is pending on October 1, 1997.

SECTION 3. 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1997.

Approved May 22, 1997.

CHAPTER 619
(Senate Bill 693)

AN ACT concerning

Power of Attorney - Durability

FOR the purpose of establishing that if when a principal makes certain designations
designates an attorney in fact or agent by a power of attorney in writing, the power
of attorney is a durable power of attorney unless otherwise provided by the terms of
the writing; defining the term "durable power of attorney"; providing for the
application of this Act; providing for the effective date of this Act: and generally
relating to powers of attorney.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Estates and Trusts
Section 13-601
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

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

Article - Estates and Trusts

13-601.

(A) IN THIS SECTION, "DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY" MEANS A POWER OF
ATTORNEY BY WHICH A PRINCIPAL DESIGNATES ANOTHER AS AN ATTORNEY IN
FACT OR AGENT AND THE AUTHORITY IS EXERCISABLE NOTWITHSTANDING THE
PRINCIPAL'S SUBSEQUENT DISABILITY OR INCAPACITY.

[(a)] (B) Except as provided in subsection [(d)] (E) of this section, [if] WHEN a
principal designates [his] ANOTHER AS AN attorney in fact or agent by a power of

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