WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                        Ch. 6

subtitle, shall include any flag, standard, color, ensign or
shield, or copy, picture or representation thereof, made of any
substance or represented or produced thereon, and of any size,
evidently purporting to be such flag, standard, color, ensign or
shield of the United States or of this State, or a copy, picture
or representation thereof.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Omitted punctuation in Article 27, § 81.

Occurred: Prior to the 1957 codification of the
Annotated Code of Maryland.

[Electronic Devices]

EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS - INTERFERENCE
125A.

(a)  In this section, "emergency" means a condition or
circumstance in which an individual is or is reasonably believed
by the person transmitting the communication to be in imminent
danger of death or serious bodily harm, or in which property is
in imminent danger of damage or destruction.

(b)  An individual may not:

(1)  Knowingly, intentionally, recklessly, or with
criminal negligence interrupt, disrupt, impede, or otherwise
interfere with the transmission of a two-way radio communication,
on a frequency commonly used or monitored by civilian or
governmental emergency services organizations, the purpose of
which is to inform or to inquire about an emergency; or

(2)  Transmit false information about an emergency on
a two-way radio frequency commonly used or monitored by civilian
or governmental emergency services organizations.

(c)  A two-way radio and related equipment used to commit a
violation of this section shall be subject to seizure, and, upon
conviction, the property shall be forfeited to the State and no
property right shall exist in them.

(d)  Whenever property is forfeited under this section, it
shall be turned over to the State Secretary of General Services
who may:

(1)  Order the property retained for official
use of State agencies; or

(2)  Make such other disposition of the property
as the Secretary may deem appropriate.

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