Ch. 565

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

[(q)](S) A prosecution for an offense under § 14-601 of the Health Occupations
Article of practicing, attempting to practice, or offering to practice medicine without a
license shall be instituted within 3 years after the offense was committed.

[(r)] (T) A prosecution for an offense under the Maryland Charitable
Solicitations Act (Title 6 of the Business Regulation Article) shall be instituted within 3
years after the offense was committed.

[(s)] (U) A prosecution for an offense under ARTICLE 27, § 449(d) or (e) of [this
subtitle] THE CODE, relating to straw sales of regulated firearms to prohibited persons or
minors and to illegal sales, rentals, transfers, possession, or receipt of regulated firearms,
shall be instituted within 3 years after the offense was committed.

Article 33 - Election Code

26-13.

(c) Each board shall promptly notify the State Administrative Board of Election
Laws of any report or statement required by § 26-11 to be filed which is more than 30
days overdue. Whenever it learns that a required report or statement is more than 30 days
overdue, the State Administrative Board of Election Laws shall issue a notice to the
candidate and treasurer, if the report is the statement of a candidate, or to the chairman
and treasurer if the report is that of a committee, to show cause why the appropriate
State's Attorney should not be requested to prosecute them as provided in § 26-20 for
violation of the provisions of this subtitle, unless the failure to file is remedied and late
filing fees paid within 30 days of service of the notice. Any candidate, chairman, or
treasurer who fails to file the report or statement and pay the late filing fee due within 30
days after service of the show cause notice is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to the
penalties prescribed in § 26-20 of this article. [Any such prosecution must be commenced
within three years of the date on which the report or statement was originally due.]

26-16.

(e) (1) It shall be the duty of the State's Attorney of Baltimore City and of the

State's Attorney of each county of this State to prosecute, by the regular course of
criminal procedure, any person whom [he may believe] THE STATE'S ATTORNEY
BELIEVES to be guilty of having wilfully violated any of the provisions of this section
within the city or county for which said State's Attorney may be acting as such.

(2) THE STATE PROSECUTOR MAY PROSECUTE, BY THE REGULAR
COURSE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, IN ANY JURISDICTION OF THE STATE, ANY
PERSON WHOM TIIE STATE PROSECUTOR BELIEVES TO DE GUILTY OF HAVING
WILLFULLY VIOLATED ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.

26-20.

(A) (1) [Any] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN § 26-15 OF THIS SUBTITLE, ANY
person who KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY violates any of the provisions of this subtitle
is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined [not more than one
thousand dollars ($1,000.00)] AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION,
or [be] imprisoned for not more than [one] 1 year, or both, in the discretion of the
court:

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