PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             S.B. 409

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 4-301(b) and 4-302(a) and (d)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Commercial Law
Section 14-1403 and 14-1404
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

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

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

4-301.

(b) Except as provided in § 4-302 OF THIS SUBTITLE, the District Court also has
exclusive original jurisdiction in a criminal case in which a person at least 18 years old or
a corporation is charged with:

(1)     Commission of a common-law or statutory misdemeanor regardless of
the amount of money or value of the property involved;

(2)     Violation of §§ 342 through 344 of Article 27 of the Code, whether a
felony or a misdemeanor;

(3)     Violation of a county, municipal, or other ordinance, if the violation is
not a felony;

(4)     Criminal violation of a State, county, or municipal rule or regulation, if
the violation is not a felony;

(5)     Doing or omitting to do any act made punishable by a fine,
imprisonment, or other penalty as provided by the particular law, ordinance, rule, or
regulation defining the violation if the violation is not a felony;

(6)     Violation of Article 27, § 141 of this Code, whether a felony or a
misdemeanor;

(7)     Violation of Article 27, § 145 of this Code, whether a felony or
misdemeanor; [or]

(8)     Violation of Article 27, § 44 of the Code[.];

(9)     Violation of Article 48A, § 233 of the Code, whether a felony or a
misdemeanor; [or]

(10)   Violation of § 9-1106 of the Labor and Employment Article; OR

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