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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 433

CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 27,
SECTION 279;

(4)    Failure to stop, or failure to give
information, or failure to render reasonable assistance,
in the event of an accident resulting in death or
personal injuries, as prescribed in §§ 10—102 and 10—104;

(5)   Failure to stop and give information in
the event of an accident resulting in damage to a vehicle
or to other property legally upon or adjacent to a
highway, as prescribed in §§ 10—103 to 10—105, inclusive;

(6)   Any offense which caused or contributed
to an accident resulting in injury or death to any
person.

(7)     Reckless driving.

(b) Whenever any person is arrested, as authorized
in this section, he shall be taken without unnecessary
delay before a District Court commissioner as specified
in § 16—111, except that in the case of either of the
offenses designated in paragraphs (5) and (6), a police
officer shall have the same discretion as provided in
other cases in § 16—107.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Section 11—902(d) be and it is hereby added to Article 66
1/2 — Vehicle Laws, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1970 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) to read as
follows:

Article 66 1/2 - Vehicle Laws

11-902.

(D) IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO DRIVE OR
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OR TO BE IN ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL OF
ANY VEHICLE WITHIN THIS STATE WHILE HE IS UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF ANY CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE AS
DEFINED IN ARTICLE 27, SECTION 279, IF THE PERSON WAS NOT
ENTITLED TO USE THAT DRUG OR DRUGS UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS
STATE.

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

Approved April 22, 1975.