PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 14

Government Article, became obsolete as of July 1, 1986.

SECTION 14. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Annotated Code of
Maryland has been corrected to reflect the changes necessitated by Chapters 347 and 349
of the Acts of 1996. Validation of these changes and implementation of Section 15 of
Chapter 347 and Section 13 of Chapter 349 of the Acts of 1996 are ratified by passage of
this Act.

SECTION 15. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Annotated Code of
Maryland has been corrected to reflect the changes necessitated by Chapters 326 and 585
of the Acts of 1996. Validation of these changes and implementation of Section 10 of
Chapter 326 and Section 18 of Chapter 585 of the Acts of 1996 are ratified by passage of
this Act.

SECTION 16. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the publishers of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, subject to the approval of the Department of Legislative
Reference, shall propose and implement a plan for the renumbering of the sections, titles,
and subtitles of Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments of the Annotated Code of Maryland
prior to the republication of the replacement volume containing that article. The proposal
shall correct numerical and nonnumerical cross-references and other changes within the
article and throughout the Annotated Code occasioned by the renumbering. The
renumbering of Article 27 is in no way intended to affect any judicial proceeding.

SECTION 17. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the publishers of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, subject to the approval of the Director of the Department
of Legislative Reference, shall make any changes in the text of the Annotated Code
necessary to effectuate any termination provision that was enacted by the General
Assembly and has taken effect or will take effect prior to October 1, 1997. Any enactment
of the 1997 Session of the General Assembly that negates or extends the effect of a
previously enacted termination provision shall prevail over the provisions of this section.

SECTION 18. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Drafter's Notes
contained in this Act are not law and may not be considered to have been enacted as part
of this Act.

SECTION 19. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, except for Section 2 of
this Act, the provisions of this Act are intended solely to correct technical errors in the
law and that there is no intent to revive or otherwise affect law that is the subject of other
acts, whether those acts were signed by the Governor prior to or after the signing of this
Act.

SECTION 20. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That any reference in the
Annotated Code rendered obsolete by an Act of the General Assembly of 1997 shall be
corrected by the publisher of the Annotated Code, the Michie Company, in consultation
with the Director of Legislative Reference, with no further action required by the
General Assembly. The Michie Company shall adequately describe any such correction in
an editor's note following the section affected.

SECTION 21. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 3 of this Act
shall take effect October 1, 1997.

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