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proceedings; prohibiting courts from charging a criminal
defendant found not guilty fees or costs in certain criminal
proceedings; providing for a delayed effective date; and
generally relating to the payment of fees and costs in
criminal proceedings.

BY repealing

Article 38 - Fines and Forfeitures

Section 4A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 7-203

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 7-301

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 38 - Fines and Forfeitures

[4A.

No person who may be prosecuted for any misdemeanor or
offense and discharged by the court on submission, or fined not
exceeding fifteen cents, or prosecuted for any crime and
acquitted on trial by jury, shall be burdened with the payment of
any costs or fees accruing on such prosecution, but all such
costs and fees, with the legal costs of the party accused, shall
be paid by the county; and no person taken upon any warrant or
capias on presentment where no bill of indictment is found shall
be liable to pay or give security for costs, but such costs shall
be paid by the county. The mayor and city council of Baltimore
shall not, however, be liable in any such cases tried in the
Circuit Court for Baltimore City for the appearance fees allowed
by law to the attorney of the traverser.]

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

7-203.