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Ch. 446 2005 LAWS OF MARYLAND
Subtotal........................................................................................... 670,335,000
670,443,000
Reductions in Previously Authorized State Debt Made in This
Bill.................................................................................................... (335,000)
(443,000)
Net new debt to be authorized in FY 2006................................... 670,000,000
SECTION 13. 14. 18. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 2005.
Approved May 26, 2005.
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CHAPTER 446
(Senate Bill 188)
AN ACT concerning
Crimes and Criminal Procedure - Victim and Witness Intimidation
FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person from harming another, threatening to harm
another, or damaging or destroying property with the intent to induce a victim
or witness not to report the existence of facts relating to a crime or delinquent
act; prohibiting (solicitation of another person to harm another, threaten to harm
another, or damage or destroy property with the intent to induce a victim or
witness not to report the existence of facts relating to a crime or delinquent act;
prohibiting a person from threatening to harm another with the intent of
retaliating against a victim or witness for giving testimony in an official
proceeding or reporting a crime or delinquent act; prohibiting a person from
soliciting another person to harm another, threaten to harm another, or damage
or destroy property with the intent of retaliating against a victim or witness for
giving testimony in an official proceeding or reporting a crime or delinquent act;
prohibiting a person, by threat, force, or corrupt means, from trying to influence,
intimidate, or impede an officer of a court of the United States in the
performance of the person's official duties; prohibiting a person from soliciting
another person to, by threat, force, or corrupt means, try to influence,
intimidate, or impede a juror, a witness, or an officer of a court of the State or of
the United States in the performance of the person's official duties; increasing
certain penalties; providing that if the testimony, subpoena, official proceeding,
or report involving a victim or witness relates to a felony, a person who violates
certain provisions of this Act is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to
a certain term of imprisonment; providing that certain sentences imposed under
certain provisions of this Act may be separate from and consecutive to or
concurrent with a sentence for certain other crimes; providing that a certain
court does not have jurisdiction over a certain person who engages in certain
types of obstruction of justice; providing that certain statements made by
certain victims or witnesses are not excluded in a judicial proceeding by the
hearsay rule under certain circumstances; and generally relating to crimes
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