ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

Ch. 21

Occurred: Ch. 26, § 3, Acts of 2002. Correction by the publisher of the
Annotated Code in the 2002 Volume of the Criminal Law Article is ratified
by this Act.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the publisher of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, subject to the approval of the Department of Legislative
Services, 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, 2003. Any enactment of the 2003
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 4. 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 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That 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 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That any reference in the
Annotated Code of Maryland rendered obsolete by an Act of the General Assembly of
2003 shall be corrected by the publisher of the Annotated Code, in consultation with
and subject to the approval of the Department of Legislative Services, with no further
action required by the General Assembly. The publisher shall adequately describe any
such correction in an editor's note following the section affected.

SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the publisher of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, in consultation with and subject to the approval of the
Department of Legislative Services, at the time of publication of a new volume or a
replacement volume of the Annotated Code, shall make nonsubstantive corrections to
codification, style, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, spelling, and any reference
rendered obsolete by an Act of the General Assembly, with no further action required
by the General Assembly.

SECTION 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 2 of this Act shall
take effect July 1, 2003, contingent on the taking effect of Chapter 26, Section 3 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of 2002, and if Chapter 26, Section 3 does not become
effective, Section 2 of this Act shall be null and void without the necessity of further
action by the General Assembly.

SECTION 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an
emergency measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health
or 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 except as
provided in Section 8 of this Act, shall take effect from the date it is enacted.

Approved April 8, 2003.

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