PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 373

4-302.

(a) Except as provided in § 4-301 (b)(2), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), [and] (11), (12),
AND (13), of this subtitle, the District Court does not have jurisdiction to try a criminal case
charging the commission of a felony.

(d) The jurisdiction of the District Court is concurrent with that of the circuit court in
a criminal case;

(1) In which the penalty may be confinement for three years or more or a fine of
$2,500 or more; or

(2) Which is a felony, as provided in § 4-301 (b)(2), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10),
[and[ (11), (12), AND (13) of the subtitle.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1997.

Approved May 8, 1997.

CHAPTER 373
(House Bill 849)

AN ACT concerning

Manslaughter by Meter Vehicle and Homicide by Motor Vehicle or Vessel While
Intoxicated, Intoxicated Per Se, or Under the Influence - Penalties

FOR the purpose of making manslaughter by motor vehicle a felony and making it a
felony to cause the death of another as a result of certain negligent driving,
operation, or control of a motor vehicle or vessel while intoxicated or intoxicated
per se or under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a controlled dangerous substance;
providing for jurisdiction of the offenses under this Act; and generally relating to
manslaughter by vehicle and homicide by motor vehicle or vessel while intoxicated,
intoxicated per se, or under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a controlled dangerous
substance.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 388 and 388A
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume)

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 1996 Supplement)

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