MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                1529

12B.

(a) 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.

35A.

(a)    Any parent, adoptive parent or other person
who has the permanent or temporary care or custody or
responsibility for the supervision of a minor child under
the age of eighteen years who causes abuse to such minor
child shall be guilty of [:] a felony and upon conviction
shall be sentenced to not more than fifteen years in the
penitentiary.

(b)    Wherever used in this section, unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:

5. "Law enforcement officer" shall mean any
police officer [,] or State trooper in the service of the
State of Maryland or any county or municipality thereof.

36E.

(a) A permit to carry a handgun shall be issued
within a reasonable time by the Superintendent of the
Maryland State Police, upon application under oath
therefor, to any person whom he finds:

(4) Has not been convicted of any offense
involving the possession, use, or distribution of
controlled dangerous substances; and is not presently an
addict, an habitual user of any controlled dangerous
substance not under legitimate medical direction or an
alcoholic [:]; and

231.

It shall be unlawful for any person, copartnership
or corporation and the members, officers, agents and
employees of any copartnership or corporation, except the
person, copartnership, or corporation and the members,
officers, agents, and employees of any copartnership or
corporation that has complied with § 157 F of Article 56
of the Annotated Code of Maryland as it applies to
exchange and terminal agreements.