SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall remain
effective until January 2, 2004, and at the end of January 2, 2004, with no further
action required by the General Assembly, this Act shall be abrogated and of no further
force and effect.

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 May 27, 1999.

CHAPTER 534
(House Bill 901)

AN ACT concerning

Immunity - State and Local Governments - Year 2000 Litigation

FOR the purpose of providing that the State or a local government or an official or
employee of the State or a local government is immune under certain
circumstances from suit and liability for damages arising out of certain date
data problems if the State or local government has taken certain actions;
providing that the immunities under this Act are in addition to any immunities
or limits on liability otherwise available provided by law to the State or a local
government or an official or employee of the State or a local government;
defining certain terms; providing for the application of this Act; making this Act
an emergency measure; providing for the termination of this Act; and generally
relating to State and local government immunity.

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 5-527

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume)

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

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

5-527.

(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(2) "COMPLIANCE PLAN" MEANS A WRITTEN PLAN TO INVENTORY,
ASSESS, AND OBTAIN INFORMATION FROM CRITICAL SUPPLIERS, TEST, SCHEDULE