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Ch. 300
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2006
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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NOT TO EXCEED $250, OR IMPRISON KENT NOT TO EXCEED THREE
MONTHS, OR BOTH.
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1977.
Approved May 17, 1977.
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CHAPTER 301
(Senate Bill 205)
AN ACT concerning
Juvenile Causes — Liability for Acts by Children
FOR the purpose of altering the limit of liability in
restitution for certain wilful acts by children.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 3-829
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1976 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 3-82 9 of Article - Courts and
Judicial Proceedings, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1976 Supplement) be and it is hereby
repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
3-82 9.
(a) In any case in which the court finds that a
child has, wilfully or maliciously, either (i) stolen,
damaged, or destroyed the property of another, or (ii)
inflicted personal injury on another, requiring the
injured person to incur medical, dental or hospital
expenses, the court may enter a judgment of restitution
to the wronged person against the parent or parents of
the child.
(b) A judgment rendered under this section may not
exceed
(1) As to property stolen or destroyed, [the
lesser of] the fair market value of the property [or
$1,000] or $5,000.
(2) As to property damaged, [the lesser of] the
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