Ch. 343

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Section 139A through 139D, to be under the new subheading "Destructive Devices"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 38A - Fires and Investigations
Section 8(g)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1993 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article 38A - Fires and Investigations
Section 26(1)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1993 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 10-402(c)(2) and 10-406
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 2-1702(e)(2)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume and 1996 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

33.

(a) A person who commits burglary in the first, second, or third degree and who
then and there opens or attempts to open any vault, safe, or other secure repository by
the use of [an explosive] A DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE, AS DEFINED IN § 139A OF THIS
ARTICLE, is guilty of the felony of burglary with explosives and on conviction is subject to
imprisonment for not more than 20 years.

(b) A sentence that is imposed for a violation of this section may be imposed
separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence for any other offense
based on the act or acts establishing the violation.

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