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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 21

Miscellaneous Provisions:

Former Article 43, § 12, which related to handicapped
children, is deleted as unnecessary since it has been
superceded by ED § 4-112. See also ED § 8-411.

Former Article 43, § 755, which related to an audit by
the Greater Laurel Hospital Authority, is deleted as
obsolete.

Former Article 55, which related to laundries in
Baltimore City and Baltimore County, is deleted as obsolete
and unnecessary.

SECTION 1. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, until
January 1, 1983, reference in this Act to "a circuit court"
for a county means the appropriate court of the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City and the circuit court for any other
county.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, effective
July 1, 1976, the clerk's office of the juvenile division of
the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City shall function as a unit
within the Administrative Office of the Courts. All
employees are employees of the Administrative Office and are
under the immediate direction, supervision, and control of
the judge of the juvenile division. All of the powers,
duties, equipment, assets, and liabilities of the clerk's
office of the juvenile division shall be transferred to and
shall become the powers, duties, equipment, assets, and
liabilities of the Administrative Office of the Courts. On
January 1, 1983, the functions, powers, duties, equipment,
assets, liabilities, and employees that were transferred to
the Administrative Office of Courts shall be transferred to
the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore
City.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s)
of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed, amended, or
enacted to read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

"ESCAPES FROM CONFINEMENT"

139.

(A) (I) IF ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO LEGALLY IS DETAINED IN
THE STATE PENITENTIARY OR A JAIL, HOUSE OF CORRECTION,
REFORMATORY, STATION HOUSE, OR OTHER PLACE OF CONFINEMENT IN
THIS STATE OR WHO IS COMMITTED TO THE DRUG ABUSE
ADMINISTRATION FOR EXAMINATION OR INPATIENT TREATMENT
ESCAPES, THE INDIVIDUAL IS GUILTY OF A FELONY AND ON
CONVICTION BY THE CIRCUIT COURT OF FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH
THE ESCAPE TAKES PLACE, IS SUBJECT TO CONFINEMENT IN THE