S.B. 738                                                  VETOES

Senate Bill No. 738

AN ACT concerning

Crimes - Motor Vehicle Theft Unlawful Taking of a Motor Vehicle

FOR the purpose of creating the criminal offense of motor vehicle theft in a certain
number of degrees; removing the element of value from the criminal offense of theft
of a motor vehicle; adding the element of a person with certain relationship to the
criminal offense of motor vehicle theft in a certain degree; removing motor vehicle
from certain criminal provisions relating to theft and larceny; establishing certain
penalties for violation of the criminal offense of motor vehicle theft in a certain
number of degrees; making certain stylistic changes; defining certain terms; and
generally relating to the criminal offense of motor vehicle theft.

FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person or a person's aiders or abettors from knowingly
and willfully taking out of the lawful custody, "control, or use of certain persons a
motor vehicle without a certain consent; establishing certain penalties; establishing
a general form of indictment for a certain offense; providing that in certain cases in
which certain general forms of indictment or information are used a defendant is
entitled to a bill of particulars under certain circumstances; altering the intent
required for the crime of taking and carrying away certain property; defining certain
terms; and generally relating to unlawful taking of motor vehicles and other
property.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 340, 342, 344, and 349
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 341 and 342

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)                            

BY adding to

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 342A through 342C

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 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 27 - Crimes and Punishments

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