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2005 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Volume and 2004 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Criminal Law
4-501.
(e) (1) "Toxic material" means material that is capable of causing death or
serious bodily injury almost immediately on being absorbed through the skin,
inhaled, or ingested.
(2) "Toxic material" includes:
(i) nerve gas, mustard gas, cyanide gas, chlorine gas, sulphuric
acid, or their precursors; and
(ii) a biological substance containing a disease organism or
microorganism.
9-505.
(a) A person may not manufacture, possess, transport, or place A SUBSTANCE
THAT REPRESENTS:
(1) A DEVICE OR CONTAINER THAT IS LABELED AS CONTAINING OR IS
INTENDED TO REPRESENT A TOXIC MATERIAL, AS DEFINED IN § 4-501 OF THIS
ARTICLE, OR WITH THE INTENT TO TERRORIZE, FRIGHTEN, INTIMIDATE, THREATEN,
OR HARASS; OR
(2) a device that is constructed to represent a destructive device, as
defined in § 4-501 of this article, with the intent to terrorize, frighten, intimidate,
threaten, or harass.
(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is
subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or
both.
(c) (1) In addition to the penalty provided in subsection (b) of this section, a
person convicted or found to have committed a delinquent act under this section may
be ordered by the court to pay restitution to:
(i) the State, county, municipal corporation, bicounty unit, or
special taxing district for actual costs reasonably incurred in responding to a location
and searching for and removing of A SUBSTANCE THAT REPRESENTS DEVICE OR
CONTAINER THAT IS LABELED AS CONTAINING OR IS INTENDED TO REPRESENT A
TOXIC MATERIAL OR a device constructed to represent a destructive device; and
(ii) the owner or tenant of a property for the actual value of any
goods, services, or income lost as a result of the evacuation of the property in response
to A SUBSTANCE THAT REPRESENTS DEVICE OR CONTAINER THAT IS LABELED AS
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