(C) IF A VIOLATOR FAILS TO PAY A CIVIL PENALTY WITHIN 30 DAYS OF ITS
IMPOSITION BY THE BOARD, THE MATTERS SHALL BE FORWARDED TO THE CENTRAL
COLLECTION UNIT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT FOR THE
COLLECTION OF THE CIVIL PENALTY.

(D) THE BOARD SHALL PAY ANY PENALTY COLLECTED UNDER THIS
SUBSECTION INTO THE GENERAL FUND OF THE STATE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1999.

Approved May 27, 1999.

CHAPTER 674
{House Bill 965)

AN ACT concerning

Carroll County - Recordation - Assessment Books

FOR the purpose of providing that, in Carroll County, recordation by the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of instruments affecting property may be done, under certain
circumstances, prior to the transfer of the property on the assessment records;
providing for the formulation of certain procedures; and generally relating to
recordation in Carroll County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Real Property
Section 3-104(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1996 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 - Real Property

3-104.

(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a deed or
other instrument which effects a change of ownership on the assessment books under
the Tax - Property Article may not be recorded until the property granted is
transferred on the assessment books or records of the county where the property is
located to the grantee or assignee named in the deed or other instrument. When
submitting the deed or other instrument for transfer on the assessment books, the
person offering the deed or other instrument, on request, shall mail or deliver to the
person having charge of the assessment books, a statement of any building and
improvement on the property granted. When the property is transferred on the
assessment books, the person recording the transfer shall evidence the fact of transfer