HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(1)  CLAIM A MECHANICS' LIEN; OR

(2)  SUE ON A CONTRACTOR'S BOND.

(B) ANY WAIVER PROVISION OF A CONTRACT MADE IN
VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION IS VOID.

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

Approved May 19, 1981.

CHAPTER 757

(House Bill 540)

AN ACT concerning

District Court - Criminal Jurisdiction

FOR the purpose of providing the District Court with
exclusive original jurisdiction over criminal cases
involving violations of the theft laws.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 4-301(b)(2)

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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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

4-301.

(b) Except as provided in § 4-302, the District Court
also has exclusive original jurisdiction in a criminal case
in which a person at least 18 years old or a corporation is
charged with:

(2) Violation of §§ 342 through 344 of Article
27 of the Code, whether a felony or a misdemeanor[, if the
value of the property stolen does not exceed $500];

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