Ch. 385                                   2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Section 9-304(b)(9)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2001 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

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

Article 24 - Political Subdivisions - Miscellaneous Provisions

9-304.

(b) An authorized county may not set a hotel rental tax rate that exceeds:
(9) [3% in] IN Talbot County:

(I)      4% FROM JANUARY 1, 2005 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2006; AND

(II)     3% ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007; and

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
January 1, 2005.

Approved May 11, 2004.

CHAPTER 385
(House Bill 912)

AN ACT concerning

Municipal Corporations - Annexations - Limitations on Uses of Land and

Densities of Development

FOR the purpose of authorizing a county, as a condition of approving an annexation of
land by a municipal corporation, to require the municipal corporation to limit
the uses of land or densities of development of the annexed land in a certain
manner; authorizing a municipal corporation to provide in an annexation
resolution for the special treatment of the residents and property in the area to
be annexed as to allowable uses of land and densities of development under
certain circumstances; authorizing a municipal corporation and a property
owner to enter into an agreement that imposes conditions on the future use and
development of the area to be annexed under certain circumstances; authorizing
a local legislative body authorizing a municipal corporation to impose certain
limitations on the uses of land or densities of development in an annexation
agreement on the zoning or rezoning of land under certain circumstances;
establishing a certain exception to a certain provision regarding uniformity of
regulations within a zoning district; and generally relating to limitations on
uses of land and densities of development on land annexed by municipal
corporations.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

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