Ch. 439

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(b) Except as provided in § 4-302, the District Court also
has exclusive original jurisdiction in a criminal case in which a
person at least 18 years old or a corporation is charged with:

(1) Commission of a common-law or statutory
misdemeanor regardless of the amount of money or value of the
property involved;

(2) Violation of §§ 342 through 344 of Article 27 of
the Code, whether a felony or a misdemeanor;

(3)  Violation of a county, municipal, or other
ordinance, if the violation is not a felony;

(4)  Criminal violation of a State, county, or
municipal rule or regulation, if the violation is not a felony;

(5)  Doing or omitting to do any act made punishable
by a fine, imprisonment, or other penalty as provided by the
particular law, ordinance, rule, or regulation defining the
violation if the violation is not a felony; [or]

(6)  Violation of Article 27, § 141 of this Code,
whether a felony or a misdemeanor; OR

(7)  VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 27, § 145 OF THIS CODE,
WHETHER A FELONY OR MISDEMEANOR.

4-302.

(a) Except as provided in §§ 4-301(b)(2), [and]
4-301(b)(6), AND 4-301(B)(7) of this subtitle, the District Court
does not have jurisdiction to try a criminal case charging the
commission of a felony.

(d) The jurisdiction of the District Court is concurrent
with that of the circuit court in a criminal case:

(1)  In which the penalty may be confinement for three
years or more or a fine of $2,500 or more; or

(2)  Which is a felony, as provided in §§ 4-301(b)(2),
4-301(B)(6), AND 4-301(B)(7) of this subtitle.

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

Approved May 14, 1987.

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