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UNDER THE LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICIES, BONDS, AND

SECURITIES APPLICABLE TO THE BODILY INJURY OR DEATH OF THE
INSURED.

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

Approved May 19, 1981.

CHAPTER 511

(Senate Bill 62)

AN ACT concerning

Juvenile Causes - Priorities of Disposition

FOR the purpose of providing that the first priority
priorities that a juvenile court considers in a
disposition hearing is are the public safety rather
than and the suitability of the juvenile's treatment,
training, and rehabilitation.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 3-820

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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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

3-820.

(a)  After an adjudicatory hearing the court shall hold
a separate disposition hearing, unless the petition is
dismissed or unless such hearing is waived in writing by all
of the parties. The disposition hearing may be held on the
same day as the adjudicatory hearing, if notice of the
disposition hearing, as prescribed by the Maryland Rules, is
waived on the record by all of the parties.

(b)  The [overriding consideration] FIRST PRIORITY

PRIORITIES in making a disposition [is] ARE THE PUBLIC
SAFETY. THE COURT SHALL ALSO CONSIDER AND a program of
treatment, training, and rehabilitation best suited to the
physical, mental, and moral welfare of the child
[consistent with the public interest]. The court may: