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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0991* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 991 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Q1 2lr3052 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Edwards |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 20, 2022 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Rules |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Tax Sales – Foreclosure of Rights of Redemption 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of expanding the authority of a governing body of a county or municipal 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | corporation to file a complaint to foreclose all rights of redemption on certain vacant 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | property to include any property for which the county or municipal corporation holds 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | a certificate of sale; and generally relating to the foreclosure of rights of redemption 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | by taxing agencies. 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Article – Tax – Property 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 14–833(g) 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Article – Tax – Property 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 14–833. 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (g) When the governing body of a county or municipal corporation becomes the 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | holder of a certificate of sale purchased in accordance with § 14–824 of this subtitle, the 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | governing body of the county or municipal corporation may file a complaint, at any time 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | after the date of sale, to foreclose all rights of redemption in [abandoned property consisting 20 |
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| 43 | 43 | | of: 21 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (1) a vacant lot; or 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (2) improved property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation on a housing 23 2 SENATE BILL 991 |
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| 50 | 50 | | or building violation notice] THE PROPERTY . 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 1, 2022. 3 |
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