ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

Ch. 14

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act may not be
construed to prevent the use of any supplies of citation forms in existence on the
effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2003.

Approved April 8, 2003.

CHAPTER 14
(Senate Bill 141)

AN ACT concerning

Clerks of Circuit Courts - Statutory Fee for Administering Oath of Office

FOR the purpose of repealing the statutory authorization for a clerk of a circuit court
to collect a certain fee for administering an oath for certain offices; and
generally relating to repealing the authorization of a clerk of a circuit court to
collect a certain fee for administering an oath for certain offices.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 16-105
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 16-108
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

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

Article - State Government

16-105.

Except for an officer specified in §§ 16-101 through 16-104 of this title, an
officer elected or appointed to any office of trust or profit under the Maryland
Constitution or a law of this State, including a mayor or other chief magistrate of a
municipal corporation, shall take and subscribe the oath required by Article I, § 9 of
the Maryland Constitution before a clerk of the circuit court or before a sworn deputy
of the clerk.

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