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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 71

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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

342.

(f) (1) A person convicted of theft where the property
or services that was the subject of the theft has a value of
$300 or greater is guilty of a felony and shall restore the
property taken to the owner or pay him the value of the
property or services, and be fined not more than $1,000, or
be imprisoned for not more than 15 years, or be both fined
and imprisoned in the discretion of the court.

(2) A person convicted of theft where the
property or services that was the subject of the theft has a
value of less than $300 is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall
restore the property taken to the owner or pay him the value
of the property or services, and be fined not more than
[$100] $500, or be imprisoned for not more than 18 months,
or be both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the
court; however, all actions or prosecutions for theft where
the property or services that was the subject of the theft
has a value of less than $300 shall be commenced within 2
years after the commission of the offense.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved April 8, 1980.

CHAPTER 72

(House Bill 400)

AN ACT concerning

Somerset County - Somerset County Jail

FOR the purpose of authorizing and empowering the Board of
County Commissioners of Somerset County to issue and
sell serial bonds upon the full faith and credit of the
County in an amount not in excess of $1,000,000
$1,500,000 to be issued in such amounts and at such
times as the County Commissioners may designate, for
the purposes of constructing and equipping a county
jail facility in Somerset County; and authorizing the