Ch. 286

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(3) TAKE APPROPRIATE MEASURES NECESSARY TO SAFEGUARD
AND MAINTAIN PROPERTY ORDERED FORFEITED UNDER THIS SECTION
PENDING ITS DISPOSITION.

SECTION 4 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1989.

Approved May 19, 1989.

CHAPTER 286

(Senate Bill 289)

AN ACT concerning

Controlled Dangerous Substances Distribution on or Near

School Property - Penalties

FOR the purpose of increasing the minimum sentence required for a

person convicted as a subsequent offender of certain

controlled dangerous substance offenses that occur on or
within a certain distance of elementary or secondary school
property or a school bus; prohibiting the suspension of a
sentence imposed under this Act and permitting parole only
under certain circumstances prohibiting the violation of
certain controlled dangerous substance offenses on or within
a certain distances of school property or on a school bus;
providing certain penalties; prohibiting a certain defense
to a prosecution under this Act; providing a certain

affirmative defense to a prosecution under this Act;

establishing a procedure to determine the boundaries of
school property; requiring the State Board of Education to
adopt regulations requiring the posting of certain signs;
and generally relating to prison sentences of controlled
dangerous substance offenses that occur on or near school
property.

BY repealing and reenacting, with without amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 286

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1987 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

(As enacted by Chapter 439 of the Acts of the

General Assembly of 1988)

Drug Free School Zones - Youth Protection Act

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