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variable depending on the nature, extent and liquidity of
assets; the disposable net income of the defendant; the
nature of the offense; the effort and skill required to
gather pertinent information; the length and complexity
of the proceedings; and any other foreseeable expenses.
In the event that a determination of eligibility cannot
be made before the time when the first services are to be
rendered, the office may undertake representation of an
indigent person provisionally, and if it shall
subsequently determine that the person is ineligible, it
shall so inform the person, and the person shall
thereupon be obliged to engage his own counsel and to
reimburse the office for the cost of the services
rendered to that time. If the person seeking legal
representation is a child as that term is defined in
[§70-1 of Article 26 of the Annotated Code] §3-801 OF THE
COURTS ARTICLE OF THE CODE, and is eligible for the
services of the office, the parents of the child shall be
obliged to reimburse the office, in such amounts as they
can reasonably be expected to pay, for the reasonable
value of the services rendered to the child.

SECTION 5. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section 14 of Article 31B - Defective
Delinquents, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971
Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 31B — Defective Delinquents

14.

Nothing in this article shall be construed to extend
to or affect any case in a juvenile court or any person
involved in such case, unless the juvenile court judge
shall have waived jurisdiction in the case so that it may
be heard and adjudicated in a regular criminal court.
Provided however, that the provisions of this article
shall apply to any adult who has been found guilty and
sentenced by one of the several juvenile courts in this
State when said juvenile, court is exercising its original
jurisdiction as provided in [§§ 70-2 and 76 of Article 26
of the Annotated Code of Maryland] TITLES 3 AND 4 OF THE
COURTS ARTICLE OF THE CODE.

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
2 of Article 38 - Fines and Forfeitures, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1973
Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed and re—enacted,