PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 644

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the common law offense
of criminal defamation is hereby abrogated and repealed.

SECTION 3. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1997.

Approved May 22, 1997.

CHAPTER 644

(House Bill 123)

AN ACT concerning

Comptroller — Aunual Grants — Great Pocomokc Fair

FOR the purpose of requiring the Comptroller to pay, from a certain special fund, an
annua] grant not to exceed a certain amount to the Great Pocomoke Fair, Inc. to
support exhibition harness racing with money for new stalls, track maintenance, and
purses; making a certain technical correction; and generally relating to annual
grants awarded to certain persons by the Comptroller.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments.
. Article - Business Regulation
Section 11-303
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Business Regulation
Section 11-103 and 11-403(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Volume and 1996 Supplement)

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

Article - Business Regulation

11-103.

Unless pari-mutuel betting is held, this title does not apply to:

(1)     the Elkridge-Harford Point to Point;

(2)     the Grand National;

(3)     the Marlboro Trials;

(4)     the Maryland Hunt Cup;

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