PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 565

(I) A PROSECUTION FOR AN OFFENSE ARISING UNDER TITLE 15, SUBTITLE 7
OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE SHALL BE INSTITUTED WITHIN 3 YEARS
AFTER THE OFFENSE WAS COMMITTED.

(H) A PROSECUTION TO IMPOSE A CIVIL FINE FOR AN OFFENSE ARISING UNDER
ARTICLE 33, § 26-204 OF THE CODE SHALL BE INSTITUTED WITHIN 3 YEARS AFTER THE
OFFENSE WAS COMMITTED.

(I) A PETITION BY THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION TO SEEK A CIVIL FINE UNDER
§ 15-902(B) OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE MAY NOT BE INITIATED UNLESS THE
COMPLAINT IS FILED BY THE COMMISSION WITHIN 3 YEARS FROM THE TIME THE
CONDUCT ENDED.

[(h)] (J) A prosecution for a welfare offense under Article 27, § 230A of the
Code shall be instituted within [three] 3 years after the offense was committed.

[(i)] (K) A prosecution for the offense of Medicaid fraud under Article 27, §
230B of this Code shall be instituted within 3 years after the offense was committed.

[(j)] (L) A prosecution for an offense arising under the Tax - General Article
with respect to the financial institution franchise, income, or motor fuel tax shall be
instituted within 3 years after the date on which the offense was committed.

[(k)] (M) A prosecution for the offense of failure to secure workers' compensation
insurance in accordance with Title 9, Subtitle 4 of the Labor and Employment Article
shall be instituted within 1 year after the State Workers' Compensation Commission
finds, by order, that the employer was uninsured or, pursuant to the authority contained
in § 9-1003 of the Labor and Employment Article, within 1 year after the Uninsured
Employers' Fund makes payment under § 9-1003 of the Labor and Employment Article,
as directed by the Commission.

[(1)] (N) A prosecution for an offense of the controlled hazardous substance law
under § 7-265(b) of the Environment Article, shall be instituted within 2 years after
commission of the offense.

[(m)] (O) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, the statute of
limitations for the prosecution of the crime of conspiracy is the statute of limitations for
the prosecution of the substantive crime that is the subject of the conspiracy.

[(n)](P) A prosecution for an offense under Article 27, § 388 or § 388A of the
Code shall be instituted within 3 years after the offense was committed.

[(o)](Q) A prosecution for an offense of discrimination on the basis of sex in
paying wages under §§ 3-301 through 3-308 of the Labor and Employment Article shall
be instituted within 3 years after the performance of the act on which the prosecution is
based.

[(p)] (R) A prosecution for an offense of unlawfully charging or receiving
compensation in connection with an adoption under § 5-327 of the Family Law Article
shall be instituted within 3 years after the offense was committed.

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