MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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renumbering paragraphs]].

BY repealing and re-enacting, with amendments,

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 4-301

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 4-301 of Article - Courts and
Judicial Proceedings, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1974 Supplement) be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

4-301.

Except as provided in § 4—302, the District Court
has exclusive original jurisdiction in a criminal case in
which a person at least 16 years old or a corporation is
charged with violation of the vehicle laws, or the State
Boat Act, or rules and regulations adopted pursuant to
it, or in which a person at least 18 years old or a
corporation is charged with:

(1)    Commission of a common—law or statutory
misdemeanor REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY OR VALUE OF
THE PROPERTY INVOLVED;

(2)  Violation of any of the following sections of
Article 27 of the Code, 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 $500:

[[Section 140 (False Pretenses)

Section 142 (False Pretenses)

Section 144 (False Pretenses)]]

Section 340 (Larceny)

Section 353 (Larceny After Trust)

Section 466 (Receiving Stolen Goods)

Section 551A (Shoplifting) ;