PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

S.B. 403

Sincerely,

Parris N. Glendening

Governor

Senate Bill No. 403

AN ACT concerning

Bad Checks

FOR the purpose of expanding the crime of obtaining property or services by a bad check;
establishing additional circumstances by establishing an additional circumstance
under which a person is guilty of committing the offense; allowing the State to prove
loss to a corporation from a bad chock in a certain way; establishing a certain
presumption; allowing loss to certain entities from a bad check to be proven in a
certain way in certain actions; establishing certain penalties for obtaining property
or services by a bad check in a certain way; altering certain penalties for obtaining
property or services by a bad check in a certain way altering certain penalties for
obtaining property or services by more than one bad check, each of which is issued for
less than a certain amount, issued to the same person within a certain time period;
allowing a court to require a defendant to pay a certain fee to certain persons upon
conviction of obtaining property or services by a bad check; establishing a method
and certain procedural requirements for proving that a defendant uttered or passed
a bad check; clarifying the applicability of certain language; granting certain powers
to certain persons appointed as special policemen; authorizing a certain method of
proving dishonor of a check by a drawer, that the drawer had no account with the
drawee at the time of utterance, and insufficiency of the drawer's funds at the time
of presentation; authorizing certain commissioners to accept certain applications
requesting a statement of charges under certain circumstances and authorizing
certain commissioners to request certain additional documentation from certain
persons; altering a certain definition; making stylistic changes; and generally relating to
bad checks.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 140(d), 141, 142(c), , and 143
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 27—Crimes and Punishments

Section 144A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 41—Governor—Executive and Administrative Departments

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