H.B. 403

VETOES

circumstances; providing that the waiver may be revoked under certain
circumstances; specifying that the revocation of a waiver under this Act shall
continue the State postconviction review process for a certain period of time;
requiring that the date of a hearing on a certain type of postconviction petition be
set within a certain period; requiring that such a hearing be held, with certain
exceptions, within a certain period; requiring the court to issue a decision on such a
petition within a certain number of days after the hearing; requiring a party who
seeks to obtain automatic removal of a case under a certain constitutional provision
to file a certain motion within a certain time period; prohibiting a court from
granting a party's request for removal after the time period has expired unless the
party seeking removal establishes that the party cannot obtain a fair trial or
sentencing proceeding in the jurisdiction in which the case is ponding; providing for
the application of this Act; making certain provisions of this Act contingent upon
the passage of a certain Constitutional Amendment; making certain stylistic
changes; defining certain terms; making certain changes to conform to death
penalty reform; making the provisions of this Act severable; and generally relating
to the death penalty.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 75, 75A, 412, 412, 413(b) and (d), and 645A
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 27—Crimes and Punishments

Section 412A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Replacement Volume and 1991 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 412 and 413(a)
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

75.

(a) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

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