WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 172

CHAPTER 172
(House Bill 682)

AN ACT concerning

False Statements to Police - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Police

MC/PG 5-93

FOR the purpose of adding the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Police to
the list of officers to whom a person is prohibited from making or causing to be
made a false statement, report, or complaint.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 150

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 Punishments

150.

(a)     A person may not make a false statement, report or complaint, or cause a false
statement, report or complaint to be made, to any peace or police officer of this State,
[or] of any county, city or other political subdivision of this State, OR OF THE
MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING POLICE knowing the same, or
any material part thereof, to be false and with intent to deceive and with intent to cause
an investigation or other action to be taken as a result thereof.

(b)     A person who is arrested by a peace or police officer of this State, [or] of any
county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of this State, OR OF THE
MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING POLICE may not knowingly,
and with intent to deceive, make a false statement to a peace or police officer concerning
the person's identity, address, or date of birth.

(c)     A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or be
imprisoned not more than six (6) months, or both.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1993.

Approved April 26, 1993.

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