PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                                 Ch. 651

such plan is not a renewal of a health benefit plan providing coverage to a small employer
for any purpose under Title 15. Subtitle 12 of the Insurance Article.

SECTION 2. 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections 1 and 3 of this
Act shall take effect October June 1, 1997.

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That, except as provided in
Section 5 of this Act, this Act shall take effect October 1, 1997.

Approved May 22, 1997.

CHAPTER 651

(House Bill 219)

AN ACT concerning

Dorchester County and Worcester County - Rights of Redemption - Limit on
Reimbursement or Foreclosure Expenses

FOR the purpose of including Dorchester County and Worcester County within a
provision of law limiting the right of certain persons to be reimbursed for certain
expenses in connection with the foreclosure of a right of redemption that are
incurred within a certain period after the tax sale.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Tax - Property
Section 14-843
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 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 - Tax - Property

14-843.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, on redemption, the
plaintiff or the holder of a certificate of sale is entitled to be reimbursed for expenses
incurred in any action or in preparation for any action to foreclose the right of
redemption. In addition, the plaintiff or holder of a certificate of sale, on redemption, is
entitled to be reimbursed for fees paid for recording the certificate of sale, for attorney's
fees in the sum of $400 for each certificate of sale, for expenses incurred in the
publication and service of process by publication, for reasonable fees for a necessary title
search, and for taxes, together with interest and penalties on the taxes, arising after the
date of sale that have been paid by the plaintiff. The plaintiff or holder of a certificate of
sale is not entitled to be reimbursed for any other expenses.

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