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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 512
organizations and charitable representatives are felonies; altering the statute of
limitations for prosecution of certain violations; and generally relating to
prosecution for violations of laws rotating to charitable organizations and charitable
representatives.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article—Business Regulation
Section 6-619
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Volume and 1994 Supplement)
FOR the purpose of altering the statute of limitations that is applicable to the
prosecution of certain violations of the Maryland Charitable Solicitations Act; and
generally relating to the prosecution of crimes involving charitable organizations
and representatives.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments.
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 5-106
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1989 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article—Business Regulation
6-619.
(a) A person who commits a willful violation of this title or who causes a person to
commit a willful violation of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is
subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both.
(b) A person who commits a grossly negligent violation of this title or who causes
a person to commit a grossly negligent violation of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor
and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $3,000 or liability for restitution that
the court determines or both.
(C) A PERSON WHO COMMITS A VIOLATION OF THIS TITLE AFTER BEING
CONVICTED OF A PRIOR VIOLATION OF THIS TITLE IS GUILTY OF A FELONY.
(D) A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING MAY NOT BE BROUGHT MORE THAN 3 YEARS
AFTER THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THIS TITLE.
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
5-106.
(a) Except as provided by this section, a prosecution for a misdemeanor shall be
instituted within one year after the offense was committed.
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