HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1339

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1980 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
read(s) as follows:

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

3-831.

(a)  It is unlawful for an adult wilfully to contribute
to, encourage, cause or tend to cause any act, omission, or
condition which renders a child delinquent, in need of
supervision, or in need of assistance.

(b)  A person may be convicted under this section even
if the child has not been adjudicated delinquent, in need of
supervision, or in need of assistance. However, the court
may expunge a delinquent adjudication from the child's
record and enter it as a finding in the adult's case.

(c)  An adult convicted under this section is subject
to a fine of not more than [$500] $2,500 or imprisonment for
not more than [two] 3 years, or both. The court may suspend
sentence and place the adult on probation subject to the
terms and conditions it deems to be in the best interests of
the child and the public.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved May 4, 1982.

CHAPTER 112

(Senate Bill 94)

AN ACT concerning

Agriculture - Thistle Control - Corrective Bill

FOR the purpose of correcting a grammatical error concerning
thistle control that is published in the Agriculture
Article of the Annotated Code; and providing for the
prospective effect of this Act.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Agriculture