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Circuit court judges, number increased in Charles, Harford, Howard,
and Prince George's Counties; district court judges, total number
and number handling juvenile causes primarily, increased in district
6

Contractual employee salaries and fringe benefits, reduced to
establish turnover expectancy factor of 5 percent ...........................

Court of Appeals, boundaries of appellate judicial circuits, altered ..

Delinquency proceedings, presumption of incapacity as a result of
infancy does not exist for a child at least 7 years old, provisions
added ..................................................................................................

DNA data base system and repository, statewide, created from
samples collected from persons convicted of sexual offenses,
provisions added.................................................................................

Geographical distribution of Court of Special Appeals members,
provisions altered ...............................................................................

Health care benefits after divorce, allocation of costs between parties,

provisions amended............................................................................

Housing discrimination cases, election of judicial remedy instead of

administrative remedy, provisions altered ........................................

Judgments assigned to Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund,
indexing in court records in the Fund's name, requirements added

Juror selection records, confidentiality, provisions altered .................

Juvenile Court -
Jurisdiction altered to exclude offenders who are at least 16 who

commit serious sexual offenses and other violent offenses .........

Records of adjudication of delinquency and fingerprints, required
to be included as criminal history record information under the
Criminal Justice Information System ............................................

Out of court statements of child victims, admission into evidence,
provisions altered ...............................................................................

Paternity proceedings, default judgments adjudicating paternity,
requirements altered, and use of genetic tests permitted; full faith
and credit to out-of-state paternity judgments, provisions altered .

Probate court, determination of questions of title to personal
property to determine what property is includable in an estate,
provisions added .................................................................................

Service of legal process fee, reimbursement to prevailing plaintiff in
case against an insurer, provisions added ........................................

Vehicle registration records in computer printout form, admissibility
in a judicial proceeding, provisions added .......................................

Victims' right to be treated with dignity, to be notified of, to attend,
and to be heard at criminal justice proceedings, new Declaration of
Rights article added ...........................................................................

Washington County -
Orphans' court judges, pension provisions added ...........................

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537	2555
8	968
103	1196
629	2846
458	2185
581	2705
223	1651
609	2771
63	1104
101	1193
641	2873
693	3101
169	1507
113	1249
706	3136
372	1983
376	1991
102	1195
93	1175