Ch. 16

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

7-801 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article was being amended, rather
than repealed.

Occurred: Chapter 347 (House Bill 774) of the Acts of 1996.

SECTION 3. 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 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety, has
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is
enacted.

Approved April 8, 1997.

CHAPTER 16
(Senate Bill 218)

AN ACT concerning

Supplemental Corrective Bill - Agency Designations
(Chapter 120 of the Acts of 1995)

FOR the purpose of correcting erroneous references to the Department of Business and
Economic Development and the Secretary of Business and Economic Development
in certain statutory laws of this State; and making this Act an emergency measure.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 681E(3)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 49D - Office for Children, Youth, and Families

Section 23(a)(3)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 70B - Office on Aging
Section 4B(a)(6)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

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