Ch. 111

1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 4. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the provisions of this
Act that amend Article 27, § 645A of the Code do not apply to a case in which a second
postconviction petition was filed prior to the effective date of this Act. In such a case, the
court shall process the case in due course as required under Article 27, § 645A prior to
the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the taking effect of
Section 2 as enacted by this Act is contingent on the passage of Chapter
(S.B.           /H.B.           ) (51r2139) (S.B. 341/H.B. 408) of the Acts of the General

Assembly of 1995, a Constitutional Amendment, and its ratification by the voters of the

State.

SECTION 6. 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any provision of this
Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason
in a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or any
other application of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and for this purpose the provisions of this Act are declared severable.

SECTION 7. 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, subject to the
provisions of Section 5 above, this Act shall take effect October 1, 1995.

Approved April 11, 1995.

CHAPTER 111
(Senate Bill 314)

AN ACT concerning

Student Safety and Support Act

FOR the purpose of requiring the disclosure, under certain circumstances, of a police

record and a juvenile court record concerning a child to the superintendent of
schools, for the county in which the child is enrolled, or the superintendent's
designee; requiring confidentiality of the records obtained by the superintendent;
prohibiting the use of certain information as the basis for suspending, expelling, or
removing a certain child from a school; requiring the State Board of Education to
adopt certain regulations by a certain date; defining certain terms; providing for the
effective date of this Act; and generally relating to police and juvenile court records
of a child.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 3-828(a) and (b)(1)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1989 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

BY adding to

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