Ch. 151                                     1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

contingent upon passage of an Act by the District of Columbia to provide that the
prohibition against advertising a lottery in the District of Columbia is not applicable
to the Maryland State Lottery; and generally relating to lotteries.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 363

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

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

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishment

363.                                                                                                

(A) If any person shall by printing, writing, or in any other way publish an account
of any lottery, stating when or where the same is to be drawn, or the prizes therein, or any
of them, or the price of a ticket or a share therein, or where any ticket may be obtained
therein, or in any way aiding or assisting in the same, [he] THAT PERSON shall on
conviction be subject to a fine of [one hundred dollars] $100, or to imprisonment for the
term of [sixty days] 60 DAYS, at the discretion of the court. The provisions of this section
SUBSECTION section [are not] MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED OR INTERPRETED AS BEING
applicable to any lottery conducted by any government.

(B) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBHEADING, A LOTTERY
OPERATED BY OR UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA MAY ADVERTISE WITHIN MARYLAND.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act may not take
effect until a similar Act is passed by the District of Columbia to provide that the
prohibition against lottery advertisement set forth at in D.C. Section 22-1501 does not
apply to the Maryland State Lottery.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act, subject to the
contingency set forth in Section 2 of this Act, is an emergency measure, is necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety, has been passed by a yea and
nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses
of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is enacted.

Approved April 26, 1993.

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