7-509.

THIS SUBTITLE MAY DE REFERRED TO AS THE AFFILIATE WHEELING ACT OF

1999.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any provision of this
Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any
reason in a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect other
provisions or any other application of this Act which can be given effect without the
invalid provision or application, and for this purpose the provisions of this Act are
declared severable.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1999. It shall remain effective for a period of 4 years and 3 months and, at the
end of September 30, 2003, with no further action required by the General Assembly,
this Act shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect.

Approved May 13, 1999.

CHAPTER 499
(House Bill 1183)

AN ACT concerning

Property Tax - Tax Sales - High-Bid Premiums for Group and Sealed Bid

Sales

FOR the purpose of requiring collectors of property tax to establish certain high-bid
premiums for properties to be sold at a tax sale as part of a group or as part of
a sealed bid process; and making this Act an emergency measure.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Tax — Property
Section 14-817(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Tax - Property

14-817.

(a) (1) (i) The sale shall be held on the day and at the place stated in the
notice by advertising.

(ii) The sale shall be held in the county in which the land to be sold