PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                                   H.B. 1

(2) Fraudulently using a false or fictitious name when applying for a driver's
license.

(d) A prosecution for Sabbath breaking or drunkenness shall be instituted within 30
days after the offense was committed.

(e) In Allegany County, a prosecution for selling alcoholic beverages to a person under
the legal age for drinking such alcoholic beverages or for selling alcoholic beverages after hours
shall be instituted within 30 days after the offense was committed.

(f) A prosecution for the commission of or the attempt to commit a misdemeanor
constituting: (1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (H) OF THIS SECTION, a criminal
offense under the State election laws: or (2) a criminal offense under the State conflict of
interest laws; or (3) criminal malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in office committed by
an officer of the State, or of an agency of the State, or of a political subdivision of the State,
or of a bicounty or multicounty agency in the State shall be instituted within [two] 2 years
after the offense was committed.

(g) A prosecution for conspiracy to commit any of the offenses enumerated in
subsection (f) of this section shall be instituted within [two] 2 years after the offense was

committed.

(H) A PROSECUTION TO IMPOSE A CIVIL FINE FOR AN OFFENSE ARISING UNDER
ARTICLE 33, § 26-20A 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 (he 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 I 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 I year after the Uninsured Employers' Fund makes
payment under § 9-1003 of the Labor and Employment Article, as directed by the
Commission.

[(l)](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.

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