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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 27

CHAPTER 27

(Senate Bill 356)

AN ACT concerning

Prince George's County - Juvenile Causes - Masters

FOR the purpose of expanding the authority of the judges of the
Circuit Court for Prince George's County to appoint, or
continue the appointment of masters for juvenile causes by
permitting those judges to appoint masters to conduct
disposition hearings in child in need of assistance cases.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 3-813(a)(2)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1985 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

3-813.

(a) (2) In Prince George's County, the judges of the
Circuit Court may not appoint or continue the appointment of
masters for juvenile causes, except for the purpose of conducting
probable cause hearings, detention hearings, arraignments, and
restitution hearings in delinquency cases, and shelter care
(and], adjudicatory, AND DISPOSITION hearings in child in need of
assistance cases. A master may not conduct adjudicatory or
disposition hearings in delinquency cases.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1986.

Approved April 8, 1986.