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Ch. 386 2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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CHAPTER 386
(House Bill 1249)
AN ACT concerning
Criminal Law - Prohibition on Prerecorded Emergency Messages -
Exceptions
FOR the purpose of altering and providing exceptions to the prohibition on using a
device that dials by remote control a preprogrammed telephone number and
transmits a prerecorded message communicating an existing emergency
condition without certain approval; and generally relating to prerecorded
emergency messages.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Criminal Law
Section 9-603
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Volume and 2005 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Criminal Law
9-603.
(a) A EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, A person
may not [attach] USE a device [to a telephone or telephone line] that dials by remote
control a preprogrammed TELEPHONE number and transmits a prerecorded message
communicating an existing emergency condition, including fire, illness, or crime,
without written approval for the use of the device from the holder of the number
dialed UNLESS:,
(1) THE PERSON IS CONDUCTING AN OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION OF A
MISSING CHILD OR A VULNERABLE ADULT AND IS;
(I) A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL OF THE UNITED STATES, THE
STATE, A COUNTY, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION
OR UNIT OF THE STATE;
(II) A SHERIFF OR FULL TIME ASSISTANT OR DEPUTY SHERIFF OF
THE STATE; OR
(III) A TEMPORARY OR PART-TIME DEPUTY SHERIFF; OR
(2) THE PERSON IS A THIRD PARTY THAT IS SPECIFICALLY ASKED OR
DIRECTED TO TRANSMIT THE MESSAGE BY A PERSON LISTED UNDER PARAGRAPH (1)
OF THIS SUBSECTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH A LEGITIMATE INCIDENT OR ISSUE
RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
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