PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 565

CHAPTER 565
(Senate Bill 195)

AN ACT concerning

Election Law and Ethics Law Violations - Enforcement Procedures and Penalties Statute
of Limitations Enforcement Procedures and Penalties

FOR the purpose of establishing a civil citation procedure for the adjudication of certain
violations of the State election law; providing for a civil penalty for certain violations
of the Fair Election Practices Act of the Election Code and specifying a maximum
fine for such civil violations; increasing the criminal fine for certain election law
violations; authorizing the State Prosecutor to prosecute certain election law
violations; providing for original jurisdiction of the District Court of the State for
persons contesting a citation for a civil infraction of certain fair election practice
laws; providing for the disposition of certain fines; altering the statute of limitations
period for a prosecution for violations of certain fair election practices laws and
certain lobbying disclosure laws; repealing a certain statute of limitation provision;
making certain stylistic changes; and generally relating to the statute of limitations
period for certain election law and ethics law violations, the establishment of a
system of civil penalties for certain violations of the Fair Practices Act of the State
Election Code, and certain enforcement procedures and penalties for violations of
the State ethics law and election law establishing a civil citation procedure for the
adjudication of certain violations of the State election law; providing for a civil penalty
for certain violations of the Fair Election Practices Act of the Election Code and
specifying a maximum fine for such civil violations; increasing the criminal fine for
certain election law violations; authorizing the State Prosecutor to prosecute certain
election law violations; providing for original jurisdiction of the District Court of the
State for persons contesting a citation for a civil infraction of certain fair election
practice laws; providing for the disposition of certain money collected by the court;
altering the statute of limitations period for a prosecution for violations of certain fair
election practices laws and certain ethics laws; repeating a certain statute of limitation
provision; making certain stylistic changes; and generally relating to the statute of
limitations period for certain election law and ethics law violations, the establishment of
a system of civil penalties for certain violations of the Fair Election Practices Act of the
State Election Code, and certain enforcement procedures and penalties for violations of
the State ethics law and election law.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 4-401(10) and 5-106
Section 4-401(10) and 5-106
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 33 - Election Code

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