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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 98
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CHAPTER 98
(House Bill 1178)
AN ACT concerning
Estates of Victims of September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks
FOR the purpose of requiring the registers of wills to waive certain fees for the
administration of the estate of certain decedents who died as a result of wounds
or injury incurred on September 11, 2001 as a result of the terrorist attacks
against the United States on September 11, 2001; providing that certain
provisions of law do not prohibit an insurer from issuing a bond at no charge for
the personal representative of an estate of a decedent who died as a result of
wounds or injury incurred as a result of the terrorist attacks that date;
exempting from the inheritance tax the receipt of property received from certain
decedents who died as a result of wounds or injury incurred on September 11,
2001 as a result of the terrorist attacks; providing for the retroactive application
of this Act; making this Act an emergency measure; and generally relating to
estates of victims of the terrorist attacks against the United States on
September 11, 2001.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article—Estates and Trusts
Section 2-206(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Replacement Volume and 2001 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article—Insurance
Section 27-212(e)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1997 Volume and 2001 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article—Tax—General
Section 7-203(1)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1997 Replacement Volume and 2001 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article—Estates and Trusts
2-206.
(a) (1) The registers of wills are entitled to charge and collect for the
performance of their duties the fees in this section.
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