Ch. 509

2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

B. A copy of the instrument, and any survey, for submission
to the Department of Assessments and Taxation.

(iii) The Supervisor of Assessments shall transfer ownership of
property in the assessment records, effective as of the date of recordation, upon
receipt from the Clerk of the Circuit Court of a copy of the instrument, the completed
intake sheet, and any survey submitted under subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Prince George's County, the Administrative Office of the Courts, the State
Department of Assessments and Taxation, and the collector of taxes for Prince
George's County may formulate the procedure governing recordation of instruments
as authorized under this Act, so as to simplify the procedures for recordation of
instruments while ensuring the integrity of the land and assessment records.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2004.

Approved May 26, 2004.

CHAPTER 509
(House Bill 605)

AN ACT concerning

Child Support - Driver's License Suspension - Grounds for Contesting
Requesting an Investigation and Appealing

FOR the purpose of establishing certain grounds on which a child support obligor may
contest request an investigation and appeal the proposed action of the Child
Support Enforcement Administration to send a notice to the Motor Vehicle
Administration that the child support obligor is more than a certain number of
days out of compliance with the most recent court order in making child support
payments; requiring the Child Support Enforcement Administration to send a
copy of the obligor's request for an investigation to the obligee, give the obligee
a reasonable opportunity to respond, and consider the obligee's response;
prohibiting the Child Support Enforcement Administration from sending
information about the obligor to the Motor Vehicle Administration if certain
grounds exist; establishing certain grounds on which a child support obligor may
contest and appeal the suspension of the obligor's license and privilege to drive;
providing that an obligor may not contest the suspension of the obligor's license
or privilege to drive if the action has been previously contested in a certain
manner; altering a limitation regarding the issues that may be considered at a
certain hearing; making it discretionary, rather than mandatory, for the Child
Support Enforcement Administration to send a notice to the Motor Vehicle
Administration; and generally relating to child support and driver's license
suspensions.

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