Ch. 334                                    2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

13-306.

(a)     After the application is docketed, the Commissioner promptly shall issue
his warrant and mail it to the surveyor named in the application. On return through
the post office of the return receipt, the Commissioner shall notify the applicant of the
date the surveyor received the warrant.

(b)     (1) In lieu of a survey conducted under a warrant issued by the
Commissioner, the applicant may submit with an application a previously performed
survey.

(2)     The Commissioner may accept the previously performed survey upon
finding that the surveyor was a qualified professional land surveyor or property line
surveyor, that the survey was conducted in accordance with standards prescribed by
the Commissioner, and that adjoining landowners of record were given written notice
of the survey.

(3)     In determining whether to accept a previously performed survey, the
Commissioner may conduct a hearing.

(4)     Acceptance of a previously performed survey does not preclude an
objector from raising any objection that might otherwise have been raised had the
survey been performed pursuant to a warrant issued by the Commissioner.

(C) WITH RESPECT TO AN APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF RESERVATION
FOR PUBLIC USE OF UNPOSSESSED VACANT ABANDONED LAND, INSTEAD OF A
SURVEY CONDUCTED UNDER A WARRANT ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER, THE
APPLICANT MAY SUBMIT A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND, PROVIDED THAT THE
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND IS SHOWN ON A PLAT ON FILE IN THE COUNTY
LAND RECORDS.

Article - Estates and Trusts.

3-105.

(a) (1) (I) The provisions of this subsection are applicable if there is no
person entitled to take under §§ 3-102 through 3-104 of this subtitle.

(II) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION DO NOT APPLY TO ANY
PORTION OF A DECEDENT'S ESTATE THAT IS COMPRISED OF LAND THAT IS THE
SUBJECT OF AN APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF RESERVATION FOR PUBLIC
USE UNDER TITLE 13, SUBTITLE 3 OF THE REAL PROPERTY ARTICLE.

(2) (i) If an individual was a recipient of long-term care benefits
under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program at the time of the individual's death,
the net estate shall be converted to cash and paid to the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene, and shall be applied for the administration of the program.

(ii) If the provisions of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph are not
applicable, the net estate shall be converted to cash and paid to the board of education
in the county in which the letters were granted, and shall be applied for the use of the
public schools in the county.

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