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Session Laws, 1988
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WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 396

(c)  "Funds" means money or credit.

(d)  "Insufficient funds" - A drawer has "insufficient
funds" with a drawee to cover a check when he has no funds or
account whatever, or funds in an amount less than that needed to
cover the check; and a check dishonored for "no account" shall
also be deemed to have been dishonored for "insufficient funds".

(e)   "Obtain" means obtain as defined in Section 340(f) of
this article.

(f)  "Pass" - A person "passes" a check when, being a
payee, holder, or bearer of a check which previously has been or
purports to have been drawn and uttered by another, he delivers
it, for a purpose other than collection, to a third person who
thereby acquires a right with respect thereto.

(g)  "Property" means property as defined in Section 340(h)
of this article.

(h) "Representative drawer" means a person who signs a
check as drawer in a representative capacity or as agent of the
person whose name appears thereon as the principal drawer or
obligor.

(i) "Services" includes, but is not limited to:

(1)  Labor or professional service;

(2)  Telecommunication, public utility, toll
facilities, or transportation service; or

(3)  Lodging, entertainment, or restaurant service.

(j) "Utter" - A person "utters" a check when, as a drawer
or representative drawer thereof, he delivers it or causes it to
be delivered to a person who thereby acquires a right against the
drawer with respect to the check. One who draws a check with
intent that it be so delivered is deemed to have uttered it if
the delivery occurs.

(k) "Value" means value as defined in Section 340(1) of
this article.

141.

A person is guilty of obtaining property or services by a
bad check when:

(a) (1) As a drawer or representative drawer, he obtains
property or services by uttering a check knowing that he or his
principal, as the case may be, has insufficient funds with the
drawee to cover it and other outstanding checks; [and]

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