MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved May 4, 1976.

CHAPTER 442
(House Bill 832)

AN ACT concerning

Juvenile Causes — Montgomery County

FOR the purpose of providing for the method of assignment
of judges in Montgomery County to handle juvenile
cases.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 3-803 (a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 3-803(a) of Article - Courts and
Judicial Proceedings, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and it is hereby
repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

3-803.

(a) In Baltimore City and in any county in which
the case load requires it, one or more judges shall be
assigned specially to handle cases arising under this
subtitle. The assignment shall be made by the
administrative judge of the circuit, subject to the
approval of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals,
EXCEPT THAT IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, THE ASSIGNMENT SHALL BE
MADE BY THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT, SUBJECT TO
THE APPROVAL OF THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS.
The judges so assigned shall not be subject to an
automatic regular rotation.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.