WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                    Ch. 707

(4) Payment of restitution to a victim under this
section has priority over payment of restitution to any
governmental entity.

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

Approved May 25, 1989.

CHAPTER 707

(House Bill 924)

AN ACT concerning

Juveniles - Delinquency Petitions - Filing Extension

for Good Cause

FOR the purpose of authorizing the extension of the time the
State's Attorney has to file a petition alleging that a
child is delinquent; making a stylistic change; and relating
generally to the filing of delinquency petitions under the
laws relating to juvenile causes.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 3-812

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 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 - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

3-812.

(a) A petition shall allege that a child is either
delinquent, or in need of assistance, or in need of supervision.
If it alleges delinquency, it shall set forth in clear and simple
language the alleged facts which constitute the delinquency, and
shall also specify the laws allegedly violated by the child. If
it alleges that the child is in need of assistance or in need of
supervision, the petition shall set forth in clear and simple
language the alleged facts supporting that allegation.

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