PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

H.B. 1220

(2)     (i) Except as provided in paragraph (6) of this subsection, the clerk's
or deputy clerk's fee for performing a marriage ceremony is $25.

(ii) Each month the clerk shall pay $10 of each fee collected under this
section into the general fund of the County.

(iii) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the clerk shall
retain the remainder of each fee and deposit and disburse it in the same manner as other
fees collected by the clerk.

(3)     In Allegany County, from the remaining $15, the clerk shall pay,
quarterly, $2 of each fee to the Allegany County Historical Society.

(4)     (i) In Anne Arundel County, from the remaining $15, the clerk shall
pay $4 of each fee to the Annarrundel County Trust for Preservation, Inc.

(ii) The Annarrundel County Trust for Preservation, Inc. shall report
annually to the Anne Arundel County Executive and the Maryland Historical Trust on
the use of all funds received under this section, including a detailed record of the
expenditures and receipts of all funds transferred from the Anne Arundel County
Committee of the Historical Trust.

(iii) The Anne Arundel County Executive or the Maryland Historical
Trust may request at any time an audit of the financial records of the Annarrundel
County Trust for Preservation, Inc.

(5)     (i) In Baltimore County, from the remaining $15, the clerk shall pay
$5 of each fee to the Baltimore County Historical Trust, Inc.

(ii) The Baltimore County Historical Trust, Inc. shall report annually
to the Baltimore County Executive and the Maryland Historical Trust on the use of all
funds received under this section, including a detailed record of the expenditures and
receipts of all funds collected before July 1, 1987.

(iii) The Baltimore County Executive or the Maryland Historical Trust
may request at any time an audit of the financial records of the Baltimore County
Historical Trust, Inc.

(6)     In Cecil County:

(i) the clerk's or deputy clerk's fee for performing a marriage
ceremony is $30;

(ii) of the funds remaining after the payment into the general fund of
the County under paragraph (2)(ii) of this subsection, the clerk shall pay:

1.       $5 of each fee to the Cecil Historical Trust, Incorporated;
and

2.       $5 of each fee to the Historical Society of Cecil County;

(iii) the Historical Society of Cecil County shall report annually to the
Cecil County Commissioners on the use of the funds received under this section;

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