MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                1195

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    340 (Larceny)

Section   353 (Larceny After Trust)

Section   466 (Receiving Stolen Goods)

Section   551 A (Shoplifting) ;

(3)    Violation of a county, municipal, or
other ordinance, if the violation is not a felony;

(4)    Criminal violation of a [State county]
STATE, COUNTY, or municipal rule or regulation, if the
violation is not a felony; or

(5)    Doing or omitting to do any act made
punishable by a fine, imprisonment, or other penalty as
provided by the particular law, ordinance, rule, or
regulation defining the violation if the violation is not
a felony.

7-301.

(c) (2) The Court of Appeals may provide by rule
for waiver of prepayment of filing fees and other costs
in cases [in] OF indigency.

12-308.

Except as provided in § 12—307, the Court of Special
Appeals has exclusive initial appellate jurisdiction over
any reviewable judgment, decree, order or other action of
a circuit court, [and] AN orphans' court, or the Maryland
Tax Court.

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

Approved May 4, 1976.