Ch. 878                            MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 1783

12B.

(A) [[IN ANY CRIMINAL CASE IN EITHER THE STATE CIRCUIT
COURTS OR IN THE CRIMINAL COURT OF BALTIMORE OR IN
CRIMINAL COURT NO. 2 OF BALTIMORE, WHENEVER]] ANY
PERSON CHARGED WITH A CRIMINAL OFFENSE WHO HAS BEEN
ADMITTED TO BAIL OR RELEASED ON RECOGNIZANCE FORFEITS
THE BAIL OR RECOGNIZANCE AND WILLFULLY FAILS TO
SURRENDER HIMSELF A BENCH WARRANT SHALL BE ISSUED FOR
HIS ARREST.

[(a)] (B) Any person who has been admitted to bail or released on recognizance
in any criminal case in this State who forfeits the bail or recognizance and willfully
fails to surrender himself within thirty days following the date of forfeiture shall be
sentenced as provided herein. If the bail or recognizance was given in connection
with a charge of felony or pending an appeal, certiorari, habeas corpus, or post
conviction proceeding after conviction of any offense, the person shall be fined not
more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary for not more than five years or
both. If the bail or recognizance was given in connection with a charge of
committing a misdemeanor, or for appearance as a witness, the person shall be
fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

[(b)] (C) Nothing in this section shall interfere with or prevent the exercise by
any court of its power to punish for contempt.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 24, 1973.

CHAPTER 879
(House Bill 1542)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 792(c)(l), 795(a),
796(a) and 798 of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971
Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement), title "Health," subtitle
"Audiologists and Speech Pathologists," and to repeal Section 805 of the same
Article, Code, title and subtitle and to enact new Section 805 in lieu thereof, to
stand in the place of the section repealed; to include persons in the employ of a
state or local government agency under the provisions of this subtitle, to require
annual renewal of certificates, to eliminate experience as a requirement for
obtaining a temporary certificate of registration, to provide that all moneys
collected under this subtitle be paid into the general fund of the State, and to
authorize payment of such expenses as provided in the budget.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 792(c)(l), 795(a), 796(a) and 798 of Article 43 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement),
title "Health," subtitle "Audiologists and Speech Pathologists," be and they are
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments; and that Section 805 of the
same Article, Code, title and subtitle be and it is hereby repealed and that new
Section 805 be and it is hereby enacted, in lieu thereof, to stand in the place of the
section repealed; and all to read as follows: