Ch. 730

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(ii) The total amount of the impact fee that has been imposed on the

property; and

(iii) The amount of the impact fee, if any, that is unpaid oh the date of
the contract for the sale of the property.

(3) Violation of paragraph (2) of this subsection entitles the initial
purchaser to recover from the seller:

(i) Two times the amount of development impact fees the purchaser
would be obligated to pay following the sale;

(ii) No amount greater than actually paid thereafter; and

(iii) Any deposit moneys actually paid by the purchaser that were lost
as a result of violation of paragraph (2) of this subsection.

(i) (1) This subsection applies to St. Mary's and Charles Counties.

(2) A contract for the sale of agriculturally assessed real property shall
include the following information:

"Notice: under § 9-241 of the Environment Article of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, the Department of the Environment is required to maintain permanent
records regarding every permit issued for the utilization of sewage sludge, including the
application of sewage sludge on farm land. A prospective buyer has the right to ascertain
all such information regarding the property being sold under this transaction."

(3) Omission of the notice required under paragraph (2) of this subsection
may not be a basis for invalidation of the contract for sale.

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

Approved May 22, 1997.

CHAPTER 730
(House Bill 1238)

AN ACT concerning

Task Force to Examine the Applicability of Manufacturing Laws to High-Technology

Businesses

FOR the purpose of establishing a Task Force to Examine the Applicability of
Manufacturing Laws to High-Technology Businesses; specifying the purposes and
responsibilities of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to report to certain
persons by a certain date; providing for the composition of the Task Force;
providing for the effective date of this Act; and generally relating to

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