Ch. 494                                           LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY adding to

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 562E 7A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1987 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

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

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

562E.

(A) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION,
THE PROHIBITED THREATS DESCRIBED IN §§ 561 AND 562 OF THIS
SUBTITLE SHALL INCLUDE THREATS TO SET FIRE TO, ATTEMPT TO BURN,
OR AID, COUNSEL, OR PROCURE THE BURNING OF ANY OF THE BUILDINGS
OR PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN § 6 OR § 7 OF THIS ARTICLE.

(B) IN A PROSECUTION FOR A VIOLATION OF § 562 OF THIS
SUBHEADING, THE PROHIBITED THREATS UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS
SECTION

7A.

(A) A PERSON MAY NOT THREATEN EITHER VERBALLY OR IN WRITING
TO:

(1) SET FIRE TO ANY BUILDING, STRUCTURE, OR PROPERTY
DESCRIBED UNDER § 6 OR § 7 OF THIS SUBHEADING; OR

(2) EXPLORE A DESTRUCTIVE EXPLOSIVE DEVICE AS DEFINED
UNDER § 139B OF THIS ARTICLE IN, ON, OR UNDER ANY BUILDING,
STRUCTURE, OR PROPERTY DESCRIBED UNDER § 6 OR § 7 OF THIS
SUBHEADING.

(B) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION IS
GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR, AND ON CONVICTION, IS SUBJECT TO
IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 10 YEARS.

(C) IN A PROSECUTION FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION, A
VERBAL THREAT SHALL BE CORROBORATED BY A THIRD PERSON.

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

Approved May 19, 1989.

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