HARRY HUGHES, Governor

3051

This money or currency shall be deemed to be contraband
of law and all rights, title and interest in and to the
money or currency shall immediately vest in and to Baltimore
City or the county in which it was seized, the municipal
corporation, if seized by municipal authorities, or, if it
was seized by State authorities, the State; and no such
money or currency shall be returned to any person claiming
it, or to any other person, except in the manner hereinafter
provided; [and]

(7)  All drug paraphernalia as prohibited by
Section § 287A of this article, and controlled
paraphernalia as prohibited by Section § 287 of this
article; AND

(8)   EVERYTHING OF VALUE FURNISHED, OR INTENDED
TO BE FURNISHED, IN EXCHANGE FOR A CONTROLLED DANGEROUS
SUBSTANCE IN VIOLATION OF THIS SUBHEADING, ALL PROCEEDS
TRACEABLE TO SUCH AN EXCHANGE, AND ALL MONEYS; NEGOTIABLE
INSTRUMENT; AND SECURITIES USED, OR INTENDED TO BE USED, TO
FACILITATE ANY VIOLATION OF THIS SUBHEADING.

(I) PROPERTY MAY NOT BE FORFEITED UNDER
THIS PARAGRAPH, TO THE EXTENT OF THE INTEREST OF ANY OWNER,
BY REASON OF ANY ACT OR OMISSION ESTABLISHED BY THE OWNER TO
HAVE BEEN COMMITTED OR OMITTED WITHOUT THE OWNER'S KNOWLEDGE
OR CONSENT.

(II) ALL MONEYS, COIN, AND CURRENCY FOUND
IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO CONTRABAND CONTROLLED DANGEROUS
SUBSTANCES, TO CONTROLLED PARAPHERNALIA, OR TO FORFEITABLE
RECORDS OF THE IMPORTATION, MANUFACTURE, OR DISTRIBUTION OF

CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES, ARE PRESUMED TO BE

FORFEITABLE UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH. THE BURDEN OF PROOF IS
UPON A CLAIMANT OF THE PROPERTY TO REBUT THIS PRESUMPTION.

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

Approved May 25, 1982.

CHAPTER 473

(Senate Bill 103)

AN ACT concerning

Crimes and Punishments - Child Abduction

FOR the purpose of altering the penalty provided for a
conviction of child abduction.