Legislative Reference, Department of —

Appropriation to .................................................................................

Fire Prevention Commission, Office of State Fire Marshal, and
Explosives Advisory Council, transferred to Department of State
Police; revision of Annotated Code to conform with changes,
required ...........................................................................................

Legislative Services, Department of, created from reorganization
of Department of Legislative Reference and Department of
Fiscal Services; Office of Legislative Audits included in new
department, and audit requirements altered; Joint Budget and
Audit Committee, provisions altered ............................................

Liability —

Baltimore City -
Liquidated damages and penalty clauses in residential leases,
prohibition repealed; cap on tenant liability for abandonment
of lease, repealed ........................................................................

Police Department and employees included within Local
Government Tort Claims Act .....................................................

Brownfields Voluntary Cleanup Program and Fund, and
Brownfields Revitalization Incentive Program and Fund,
established; related provisions concerning cleanup and use of
contaminated property, added .......................................................

Cemetery Oversight, Office of, created; advisory council, Cemetery
Oversight Fund, registration and permitting of cemetery
operations and burial goods businesses, reporting, trust, escrow,
and disclosure requirements for sellers of preneed contracts,
goods and services, provisions added ............................................

Child support enforcement procedures altered, including paternity
establishment, temporary support orders, financial institution
database matching, suspension of business, occupational and
professional licenses, support liens, new hire reporting, and
disclosure of utility customer information ...................................

Counseling pregnant women concerning testing for HIV virus and

confidentiality of test records, requirements added ....................

Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, Title 5, renumbered ......

Dorchester County -

Right to farm or engage in agricultural or forestry operations,
authority of county commissioners to enact ordinance or
regulations protecting, provisions added ..................................

Emergency Medical Services -

Personnel who act to resuscitate a person when a "do not

resuscitate" order ordinarily would apply, immunity from

liability and a finding of unprofessional conduct, provisions

added...........................................................................................

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INDEX

Chapter

Page

3	59
	243
352	2461
635	3544
636	3581
522	2945
364	2507
1	1
2	29
675	3874
609	3333
584	3223
14	373
677	3908
195	1900