ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 216

(2)     The property may be sold at public auction after a description of the
property and the time, place, and terms of the sale have been published in a
newspaper of general circulation in the county in each of 2 successive weeks;

(3)     The amount received from the sale of property in accordance with
this section shall be distributed in the following order of priority:

(i) To the sheriff, in an amount equal to the expense of the sale and
all expenses incurred while the property was in the sheriff's custody;

(ii) To lienholders in order of their priority; and

(iii) Subject to the provisions of item (4) of this subsection, to the
general fund of the county; and

(4)     At any time within 3 years from the date of the sale of the property,
any person submitting satisfactory proof of the person's right to the possession of the
property shall be paid, without interest, the amount distributed to the general fund
pursuant to item (3) of this subsection, and after the expiration of 3 years from the
date of the sale, any claims shall be absolutely barred.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2003.

Approved May 13, 2003.

CHAPTER 216
(Senate Bill 154)

AN ACT concerning

Criminal Procedure - Criminal Justice Information System

FOR the purpose of altering the ex officio membership of the Criminal Justice
Information Advisory Board; designating the Director of the Maryland Justice
Analysis Center to serve as an ex officio member of the Advisory Board;
abolishing a certain distinction between members of the Advisory Board so as to
make each Advisory Board member a voting member; adding the failure of a
defendant to appear for a criminal justice proceeding as an event that must be
reported by a criminal justice unit to the Criminal Justice Information System
Central Repository; requiring a sentencing judge to order the fingerprinting of a
defendant under certain circumstances for certain offenses and when granting
probation before judgment; allowing the Central Repository to disseminate
criminal history record information for other than criminal justice purposes
under certain circumstances; and generally relating to the Criminal Justice
Information System.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Criminal Procedure

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