H.B. 708

VETOES

111B.

Any person who willfully throws, shoots or propels a rock, stone, brick, or a piece of
iron, steel or other like metal, or any deadly or dangerous missile[, or fire bomb,] at or
into a vehicle or instrumentality of transportation that is occupied by one or more persons
is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine not
exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), or to undergo imprisonment not exceeding one
(1) year or both, at the discretion of the court.

COMMITTEE NOTE (COMMITTEE TO REVISE ARTICLE 27): This revision
strikes the term "fire bomb" from this section. A fire bombing as previously proscribed
under this section is punishable under Article 27, §§ 139C and 139D.

[119.

Every person, his aiders or abettors, who shall wilfully and maliciously dynamite,
blow up or otherwise, by means of any explosives as that term is defined in § 26(1) of
Article 38A of this Code, wreck, destroy, injure or damage, in whole or in part, or attempt
so to do, or conspire or connive thereat, any property whether real or personal, public or
private, shall be guilty of a felony, and shall be subject, in the discretion of the court, to
imprisonment for life or for a definite period not exceeding twenty years, or to a fine not
exceeding twenty thousand dollars, or to both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of
the court.]

COMMITTEE NOTE (COMMITTEE TO REVISE ARTICLE 27): See Article 27,
§ 139C for current prohibitions on explosives.

[Explosives]
[ 139A.

(a)     It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, assemble, use or possess in this
State, any device commonly known as a firebomb or a Molotov cocktail. Such a device is
defined as any container which is filled with an incendiary mixture or flammable material
or liquid, and is designed and intended to be used as a destructive device and whose
ignition is caused by flame, friction, concussion, detonation or other method which will
produce destructive effects primarily through combustion rather than explosion. This
provision does not extend to those containers that contain and that are primarily designed
and approved for the transportation or storage of a particular mixture, material or liquid.

(b)     Violation of this section is a misdemeanor and is punishable upon conviction
by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not to exceed 5 years, or by fine not to exceed
$2,500 or both.]

[ 139B.

(a)     A person may not manufacture, assemble, possess, transport, or place in this
State any destructive explosive device with the intent to terrorize, frighten, intimidate,
threaten, or harass.

(b)    The term "destructive explosive device" shall include any explosive, as defined
by Article 38A, § 26(1) of the Code, incendiary or poisonous gas incorporated into a

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