WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 598

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1993.

Approved May 27, 1993.

CHAPTER 598
(House Bill 1288)

AN ACT concerning

Paging Devices - Interception

FOR the purpose of authorizing the State Prosecutor or a State's Attorney to intercept
communications received or sent by a paging device under certain circumstances
and upon the application for an ex parte order made by the Attorney General; and
generally relating to the interception of communications received or sent by paging
devices.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 10-408(c)(3)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1989 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 - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

10-408.

(c) (3) If an application for an ex parte order is made by the Attorney General,
the State Prosecutor, or a State's Attorney, an order issued under paragraph (1) of this
subsection may authorize the interception of communications received or sent by a mobile
telephone OR A PAGING DEVICE anywhere within the State so as to permit the
interception of the communications regardless of whether the mobile telephone OR
PAGING DEVICE is physically located within the jurisdiction of the court in which the
application was filed at the time of the interception. The application must allege that the
offense being investigated may transpire in the jurisdiction of the court in which the
application is filed.

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

Approved May 27, 1993.

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