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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 497

(C)  ALL GRANT AWARDS UNDER THIS SUBTITLE SHALL BE
IDENTIFIED AND BRIEFLY DESCRIBED IN ANNUAL REPORTS DEVELOPED BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR GRANTS AWARDED UNDER §
5-1102 OF THIS SUBTITLE AND BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
MENTAL HYGIENE FOR GRANTS AWARDED UNDER § 5-1103 OF THIS
SUBTITLE. THESE REPORTS SHALL BE PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNOR AND,
SUBJECT TO § 2-1312 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, TO THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

(D)  IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GRANT PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED
UNDER THIS SUBTITLE, EACH YEAR THE GOVERNOR SHALL PROCLAIM A DRUG
AND ALCOHOL ABUSE PREVENTION AWARENESS WEEK AND A CHILD ABUSE
PREVENTION AWARENESS WEEK TO FOCUS PUBLIC ATTENTION ON THESE
PROBLEMS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved May 28, 1985.

CHAPTER 498

(House Bill 1343)

AN ACT concerning

Child Abuse Competency of a Child Victim to Testify

FOR the purpose of providing that in a case of alleged child
abuse the age or mental capacity of a child victim may not
preclude the child victim from testifying.

FOR the purpose of providing that in a criminal trial the age of
a child may not be the sole basis for precluding the reason
for precluding a child from testifying.

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 9-102

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

9-102.