Ch. 369                                    2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

17-539.

ALL TRUST MONEY PAID ON ACCOUNT OF A TRANSACTION INVOLVING
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE IN THIS STATE SHALL BE RECEIVED AND DEPOSITED IN
THE TRUST ACCOUNT OF THE MARYLAND BROKER IN ACCORDANCE WITH PART I OF
THIS SUBTITLE.

17-540.

BY FILING THE WRITTEN CONSENT REQUIRED UNDER § 17-537(B)(6) OF THIS
SUBTITLE, THE NONRESIDENT REAL ESTATE BROKER OR NONRESIDENT REAL
ESTATE SALESPERSON APPOINTS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COMMISSION
AS AGENT TO RECEIVE A SUBPOENA, SUMMONS, OR OTHER PROCESS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2003.

Approved May 22, 2003.

CHAPTER 369
(Senate Bill 223)

AN ACT concerning

Right to Breast-Feed

FOR the purpose of authorizing a mother to breast-feed her child in any public or
private place under certain circumstances; prohibiting certain restrictions on
breast-feeding; and generally relating to the right to breast-feed.

BY adding to

Article - Health - General

Section 20-801 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 8. Breast-Feeding"

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2000 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

Preamble

WHEREAS, More than 2 decades of research have established that breast-fed
infants have lower rates of hospital admissions, ear infections, diarrhea, rashes,
allergies, and other medical problems than bottle-fed infants; and

WHEREAS, The American Academy of Pediatrics states that human milk is
made for human infants and meets all their specific nutritional needs; and

WHEREAS, Human breast milk contains antibodies from the mother that can
help an infant resist infections; and

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