WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         S.B. 442

(g) If a police officer gives a visual or audible signal to stop and the police officer,
whether or not in uniform, is in a vehicle appropriately marked as an official police vehicle, a
driver of a vehicle may not attempt to elude the police officer by any other means.

27-101.

(h) Any person who is convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of § 15-502(a)
of this article ("License required"), § 16-303(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) of this article
("Driving while license is canceled, suspended, refused, or revoked"), OR § 17-107 of this
article ("Prohibitions") [, or § 21-904 of this article ("Fleeing or eluding police")] is subject

(1)     For a first offense, a fine of not more than $1,000, or imprisonment for not
more than 1 year, or both; and

(2)     For any subsequent offense, a fine of not more than $1,000, or imprisonment
for not more than 2 years, or both.

(P) (1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPHS (2) AND (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION,
ANY PERSON WHO IS CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF §
21-904 OF THIS ARTICLE ("FLEEING OR ELUDING POLICE") IS SUBJECT TO:

(I) FOR A FIRST OFFENSE, A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $1,000, OR
IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 1 YEAR, OR BOTH; AND

(II) FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE, A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN
$1,000, OR IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 2 YEARS, OR BOTH.

(2) ANY PERSON WHO IS CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION OF § 21-904(B) OR (E)
OF THIS ARTICLE THAT RESULTS IN BODILY INJURY TO ANOTHER PERSON IS SUBJECT TO
A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $3,000, OR IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 3 YEARS, OR
BOTH.

(3) ANY PERSON WHO IS CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION OF § 21-904(B) OR (E)
OF THIS ARTICLE THAT RESULTS IN THE DEATH OF ANOTHER PERSON IS SUBJECT TO A
FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $5,000, OR IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 5 YEARS, OR
BOTH.

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

May 27, 1993

The Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.

President of the Senate

State House

Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Constitution, I have today
vetoed Senate Bill 442.

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