WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 814

CHAPTER 814
(House Bill 925)

AN ACT concerning

Juvenile Causes - Intake Procedures -
Handgun Violations

FOR the purpose of repealing the age of a child as a limitation
on a certain requirement that complaints of felonies shall
be forwarded by an intake officer to the State's Attorney
under certain circumstances; requiring an intake officer to
take certain actions when a complaint alleges that a child
has committed a certain handgun violation; altering the
nature of the alleged acts which would be criminal if
committed by an adult in the determination of the
appropriate juvenile procedure; providing for the
application of this Act; making stylistic and technical
changes; and generally relating to the intake procedures in
juvenile causes involving handgun and certain other
violations.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 3-810

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

3-810.

(a)  The intake officer shall receive:

(1)  Complaints from a person or agency having
knowledge of facts which may cause a person to be subject to the
jurisdiction of the court; and

(2)  Citations issued by a police officer under §
3-835 of this article.

(b)  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this, subsection, in
considering the complaint, the intake officer shall make a
preliminary inquiry within 15 days as to whether the court has

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