HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments

743.

(e) "Criminal history record information" means data
initiated or collected by a criminal justice agency on a
person pertaining to a reportable event. The term does not
include:

(4) Data pertaining to violations of the traffic
laws of the State or any other traffic law, ordinance, or
regulation, or violations of any local ordinances, or any
State or local regulations, or violations of the Natural
Resources Article OR PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS, unless the
individual is arrested on a bench warrant issued for failure
to appear in court or obey a court order for any such
violation, or unless the individual is committed to a
correctional facility upon conviction for any such
violation;

747.

(a) The following events are reportable events under
this subtitle:

(4) Presentment of an indictment, filing of a
criminal information, or filing of a statement of charges

AFTER ARREST;

748.

(a) The Secretary and the [Court of Appeals, pursuant
to the rules adopted by them,] CHIEF JUDGE OF THE COURT OF
APPEALS shall develop agreements between the central
repository and criminal justice agencies pertaining to:

(1)   The method by which the agency will report
information, including the method of identifying an offender
in a manner that permits other criminal justice agencies to
locate the offender at any stage in the criminal justice
system, the time of reporting, the specific data to be
reported by the agency, and the place of reporting;

(2)   The services to be provided to the agency by
the central repository;

(3)   The conditions and limitations upon the
dissemination of criminal history record information by the
agency;

(4)   The maintenance of security in all
transactions between the central repository and the agency;