Ch. 69                                       1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 69
(Senate Bill 339)

AN ACT concerning

Carjacking

FOR the purpose of making carjacking and armed carjacking specific crimes; providing
imposing providing certain penalties for the commission of a carjacking; defining
carjacking and certain other terms these offenses; making carjacking an aggravating
circumstance and armed carjacking aggravating circumstances for the purpose of
the death penalty sentencing procedure; making this Act an emergency measure;
defining a certain term; expanding the definition of a certain term relating to
mandatory penalties for certain repeat offenders to include armed carjacking; and
generally relating to carjacking and the theft of a motor vehicle armed carjacking a
carjacking; defining "carjacking" and certain other terms; making carjacking an
aggravating circumstance for the purpose of the death penalty sentencing procedure;
providing that carjacking and armed carjacking are crimes of violence for certain
purposes; making this Act an emergency measure; and generally relating to carjacking
and the theft of a motor vehicle.

BY adding to

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 348A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 413(a), (c), and (f)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 413(d) and 643B and (g)(1), 441(e), and 643B(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative Departments

Section 4-501(12)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1990 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

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