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(1) The State's Attorney of any county may prosecute a Code violation in the
same manner as prosecution of a violation of the criminal laws of this State. The State's
Attorney is authorized to enter a nolle prosequi in such cases or to place such cases on
the stet docket, and to exercise authority in the same manner prescribed by law for
violation of the criminal laws of this State.

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

3-801.

(u) "Violation" means a violation of § 400, § 400A, § 400B, § 401, or § 405A of
Article 27 of the Code and § 26-103 of the Education Article for which a citation is
issued.

3-835.

(a) A law enforcement officer authorized to make arrests shall issue a citation to
a child if the officer has probable cause to believe that the child is violating:

(1)     Article 27, § 400, § 400A, § 400B, § 401, or § 405A of the Code; or

(2)     § 26-103 of the Education Article.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved May 14, 1996.

CHAPTER 373

(Senate Bill 170)

AN ACT concerning

Greater Baltimore Cultural Arts Foundation Loan of 1994

FOR the purpose of amending Chapter 121 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1994,
the Greater Baltimore Cultural Arts Foundation Loan of 1994, to extend the time
for the Board of Directors of the Greater Baltimore Cultural Arts Foundation, Inc.
to provide evidence of a matching fund to the Board of Public Works and to alter
the type of matching fund.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Chapter 121 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1994
Section 1

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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