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(f) Every judge who pursuant to the provisions of Section 41-I,
subsection (g) of Article IV, Part VI of the Constitution of the State
of Maryland is retained in office as a District Court judge and who is
a participant in a group health or group hospitalization plan pro-
vided by any county, city or municipality of the State, may elect,
within the time prescribed in subsection (e) of this Section 144, to
remain a member of such plan, and the county, city or municipality
providing said plan shall continue to make on behalf of said judge,
whatever contributions to the plan may be required by its terms or by
law, and such contributions shall not be deemed to be salary with
respect to such judge. The State shall periodically reimburse the
county, city or municipality in question for any contributions required
to be made pursuant to this subsection.

145.

(b) Criminal and Traffic Jurisdiction.

(1)    Traffic. The District Court shall have jurisdiction to hear,
try and determine the case of any person who has attained his
sixteenth (16th) birthday, or of any corporation, charged with the
commission of an offense arising under Article 66½ of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition, as amended), generally known as
the [Motor] Vehicle [Code] Law, except for any offense therein
specifically designated as a felony and except for the offenses specifi-
cally enumerated in Article 26, Section 70-2, (d) (2) of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland, 1957 Edition, as amended.

(2)     Criminal. The District Court shall have jurisdiction to hear,
try and determine the case of any person who has attained his
eighteenth (18th) birthday, or of any corporation, charged with the
commission of:

(i) Any common law or statutory misdemeanor,

(ii) A violation of any county, municipal or other ordinance if
the offense charged is not a felony [.],

(iii) A CRIMINAL violation of any state, county or municipal
rule or regulation, if the violation is not a felony, and any prosecu-
tion or proceeding for the recovery of any CRIMINAL penalty, fine
or forfeiture for doing or omitting to do any act made punishable by
any pecuniary fine or penalty, or by imprisonment as provided in the
particular law, ordinance, rule or regulation defining said violation,
if the violation is not a felony.

(iv) A violation of any of the following sections of Article 27,
Annotated Code of Maryland (1967 1971 Replacement Volume)
whether a felony or a misdemeanor, if the amount of money or the
value of the thing taken, stolen, received, converted or shoplifted does
not exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00):

Section   140    (False Pretenses)

Section   142    (False Pretenses)

Section   144    (False Pretenses)

Section   340    (Larceny)

Section   353    (Larceny After Trust)