WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 221

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved April 29, 1987.

CHAPTER 221

(House Bill 434)

AN ACT concerning

Witnesses - Loss of Employment - Penalty

FOR the purpose of establishing a certain penalty for employers
who violate a provision prohibiting the dismal dismissal of
an employee who misses work in order to appear as a witness
in certain proceedings.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 9-205

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1986 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

9-205.

(A)  An employer may not deprive an employee of the
employee's job solely because of job time lost by the employee as
a result of the employee's response to a subpoena requiring the
employee to appear as a witness in any civil or criminal
proceeding, including discovery proceedings.

(B)  AN EMPLOYER THAT VIOLATES SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS
SECTION IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND ON CONVICTION IS SUBJECT
TO A FINE NOT EXCEEDING MAY BE FINED NOT MORE THAN $1,000.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved April 29, 1987.

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