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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="2-410" title_number="2" title_name="Marriage" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Licensing and Performance">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in this subsection, a judge, clerk, or deputy clerk may not receive any fee, remuneration, or gift for performing a marriage ceremony.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <level label="1">
          <text>A Maryland judge’s fee for performing a marriage ceremony is a nonrefundable fee, payable to the clerk before a marriage license is issued, in the amount of $30 in Cecil County and $25 in any other county.</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The clerk’s or deputy clerk’s fee for performing a marriage ceremony is $30 in Cecil County and $25 in any other county.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Except as provided in paragraphs (5) and (10) of this subsection, each month the clerk shall pay $10 of each fee collected under this section into the general fund of the county.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the clerk shall retain the remainder of each fee and deposit and disburse it in the same manner as other fees collected by the clerk.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In Allegany County, from the remaining $15, the clerk shall pay, quarterly, $2 of each fee to the Allegany County Historical Society.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <level label="i">
        <text>In Anne Arundel County, from the remaining $15, the clerk shall pay $4 of each fee to the Anne Arundel County Trust for Preservation, Inc.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Anne Arundel County Trust for Preservation, Inc. shall report annually to the Anne Arundel County Executive and the Maryland Historical Trust on the use of all funds received under this section, including a detailed record of the expenditures and receipts of all funds transferred from the Anne Arundel County Committee of the Historical Trust.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The Anne Arundel County Executive or the Maryland Historical Trust may request at any time an audit of the financial records of the Anne Arundel County Trust for Preservation, Inc.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <level label="i">
        <text>In Baltimore County, the clerk shall pay the entire $25 fee to the Baltimore County Historical Trust, Inc.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Baltimore County Historical Trust, Inc. shall report annually to the Baltimore County Executive and the Maryland Historical Trust on the use of all funds received under this section, including a detailed record of the expenditures and receipts of all funds collected before July 1, 1987.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The Baltimore County Executive or the Maryland Historical Trust may request at any time an audit of the financial records of the Baltimore County Historical Trust, Inc.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>In Cecil County:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>of the funds remaining after the payment into the general fund of the county under paragraph (2)(ii) of this subsection, the clerk shall pay:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>$5 of each fee to the Cecil Historical Trust, Incorporated; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>$5 of each fee to the Historical Society of Cecil County;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Historical Society of Cecil County shall report annually to the Cecil County Commissioners on the use of the funds received under this section;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the Cecil Historical Trust, Incorporated shall report annually to the Cecil County Commissioners and the Maryland Historical Trust on the use of all funds received under this section, including a detailed record of the expenditures and receipts of all funds transferred from the Cecil County Committee of the Maryland Historical Trust; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the Cecil County Commissioners or the Maryland Historical Trust may request at any time an audit of the financial records of the Cecil Historical Trust, Incorporated.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>In Garrett County, from the remaining $15, the clerk shall pay $5 of each fee to the Garrett County Historical Society.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>In Montgomery County, from the remaining $15, the clerk shall pay:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$2 of each fee to the Montgomery County Historical Society, Incorporated; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$3 of each fee into the fund for the enhancement and beautification of the Montgomery County Courthouse and facilities.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <level label="i">
        <text>In Prince George’s County, from the remaining $15, the clerk shall pay $3 of each fee to Prince George’s Heritage, Inc.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Prince George’s Heritage, Inc. shall report annually to the Prince George’s County Executive and the Maryland Historical Trust on the use of all funds received under this section, including a detailed record of the expenditures and receipts of all funds collected before July 1, 1987.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The Prince George’s County Executive or the Maryland Historical Trust may request at any time an audit of the financial records of Prince George’s Heritage, Inc.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>In Harford County, from the $25 fee for performing a marriage ceremony, the clerk shall pay $20 of each fee to the Historical Society of Harford County, Inc.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <level label="i">
        <text>In Washington County, from the remaining $15, the clerk shall pay $10 of each fee to the Washington County Historical Society, Incorporated.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Washington County Historical Society, Incorporated, shall report annually to the Board of County Commissioners of Washington County and the Maryland Historical Trust on the use of all funds received under this section.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The Board of County Commissioners of Washington County or the Maryland Historical Trust may request at any time an audit of the financial records of the Washington County Historical Society, Incorporated.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <level label="i">
        <text>In Frederick County, the clerk shall pay the remaining $15 to Heritage Frederick.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Heritage Frederick shall report annually to the Frederick County Executive and the Maryland Historical Trust on the use of all funds received under this section.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The Frederick County Executive or the Maryland Historical Trust may request at any time an audit of the financial records of Heritage Frederick.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A clerk or deputy clerk may not violate any provision of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A clerk or deputy clerk who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of neglect of duty and on conviction is subject to removal from office.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
