WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 601

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Commercial Law

15-601.1.

(b) The following are exempt from attachment:

(1) [Except as provided in item (2) of this
subsection, the] THE greater of:

(i) The product of [$120] $160 $130 $145
multiplied by the number of weeks in which the wages due were
earned; or

(ii) 75 percent of the disposable wages due;

[(2) In Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, and Worcester
counties, for each work week, the greater of:

(i) 75 percent of the disposable wages due; or

(ii) 30 times the federal minimum hourly wages
under the Fair Labor Standards Act in effect at the time the
wages are due;] and

[(3)] (2) Any medical insurance payment deducted
from an employee's wages by the employer.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

Approved May 27, 1988.

CHAPTER 601

(Senate Bill 576)

AN ACT concerning

Criminal Interference with Religion—
Religious and Ethnic Crimes

FOR the purpose of making it a crime to deface, damage, or
destroy or attempt to deface, damage, or destroy religious
real or personal property under certain circumstances;
making it a crime to obstruct, or attempt to obstruct by
force or threat of force, a person in the free exercise of

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