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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 830

(c) Any attorney wilfully violating the provisions of
this section, in addition to the penalties set forth in
subsection (b) hereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for
each such violation and on conviction thereof, shall be
fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.) or be
imprisoned for not more than five (5) years, or both in the
discretion of the court.

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

of H.B. ____ (21r3569) of 1982. Should that measure fail of

enactment, the provisions of this Act are null and void
without the need of further action by the General Assembly.

Approved June 1, 1982.

CHAPTER 831

(Senate Bill 928)

AN ACT concerning

Placement of Handicapped Children - Hearing Officers

FOR the purpose of altering the method used by County board
of education for selecting hearing officers for reviews
regarding the placement of handicapped children.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Education

Section 8-415(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1978 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 - Education

8-415.

(a) (1) If a county board makes a placement decision
for a handicapped child, the parent or guardian of the
handicapped child may make a written request to the county
board for a review of the identification, evaluation, or
educational placement of the child or the provision of a
free appropriate public education for the child.