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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 260

FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $1,000 OR IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE
THAN ONE YEAR, OR BOTH, FOR EACH VIOLATION. IF THE
PERSON IS AN OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE OR ANY
SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE, HE SHALL, IN ADDITION TO THESE
PENALTIES, BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL OR DISMISSAL FROM PUBLIC
SERVICE ON GROUNDS OF MISCONDUCT IN OFFICE.

741. RETROACTIVITY.

(A)    POLICE RECORDS AND COURT RECORDS WHICH WERE
MADE PRIOR TO [[JUNE]] JULY 1, 1975, AND ARE PRESENTLY
MAINTAINED ARE SUBJECT TO EXPUNGEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THIS SUBTITLE.

(B)     A PERSON WHO, ON OR AFTER [[JUNE]] JULY 1,
1975, BECOMES ENTITLED TO THE EXPUNGEMENT OF POLICE
RECORDS OR COURT RECORDS MADE PRIOR TO THAT DATE MAY
UTILIZE THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THIS SUBTITLE FOR
EXPUNGEMENT. THE LIMITATION PERIODS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS
736 AND 737 SHALL, IN THAT CASE, BE DEEMED TO DATE FROM
THE FIRST DAY THE PERSON BECOMES ENTITLED TO EXPUNGEMENT.

(C)     WITH RESPECT TO POLICE RECORDS OR COURT
RECORDS MADE PRIOR TO [[JUNE]] JULY 1, 1975, SUBJECT TO
EXPUNGEMENT UNDER THIS SUBTITLE, THE DUTY OF THE
CUSTODIAN IS TO MAKE A REASONABLE SEARCH. THERE IS NO
DUTY TO EXPUNGE RECORDS THAT CANNOT BE LOCATED AFTER A
REASONABLE SEARCH.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That all laws
or parts of laws, public general or public local,
inconsistent with this Act, are repealed to the extent of
the inconsistency.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1975.

Approved April 22, 1975.

CHAPTER 261
(House Bill 485)

AN ACT concerning

The Office on Aging
FOR the purpose of creating the Office on Aging as part