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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved May 12, 1981.

CHAPTER 279

(Senate Bill 376)

AN ACT concerning

Juvenile Causes - Petition

FOR the purpose of providing that an intake officer may
consider the need for restitution as one factor in the
decision of whether a petition should be authorized.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 3-810(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1980 Replacement Volume and 1980 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

3-810.

(c) (1) The intake officer may authorize the filing of
a petition if, based upon the complaint and his preliminary
inquiry, he concludes that the court has jurisdiction over
the matter and that judicial action is in the best interests
of the public or the child. THE NEED FOR RESTITUTION MAY BE
CONSIDERED AS ONE FACTOR IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

(2)  The intake officer shall inform the parties
of his decision to authorize the filing of a petition and
the reasons for his decision.

(3)  If the following persons are not parties and
it is practicable, the intake officer shall also inform,
preferably in person, these persons of his decision to
authorize the filing of a petition and the reasons for his
decision:

(i) The victim;

(ii) The arresting police officer; and