(b) A person may not molest or threaten with bodily harm any student,
employee, administrator, agent, or any other individual [lawfully] WHO IS
LAWFULLY:

(1) [on] ON the grounds or in the immediate vicinity of any institution of
elementary, secondary, or higher education;

(2) ON A SCHOOL VEHICLE;

(3) AT AN ACTIVITY SPONSORED BY A SCHOOL THAT IS HELD OFF
SCHOOL PROPERTY; OR

(4) ON PROPERTY THAT IS OWNED BY A COUNTY BOARD AND IS USED
FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OR OTHER PURPOSES.

(C) A PERSON MAY NOT THREATEN WITH BODILY HARM ANY EMPLOYEE OF
ANY INSTITUTION OF ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, OR HIGHER EDUCATION AT HOME
BY ANY MEANS, INCLUDING IN PERSON, BY TELEPHONE, OR BY ELECTRONIC MAIL.
THIS PROHIBITION APPLIES ONLY TO THREATS ARISING OUT OF THE SCOPE OF THE
EMPLOYEE'S WORKPLACE EMPLOYMENT.

[(c)] (D) In addition to the penalties provided in this section or in Article 27, §
578 of the Code, on application by the governing board of any institution of
elementary, secondary, or higher education, the circuit court of the county in which
the institution is located may issue an injunction restraining any specific activities
that violate this section.

[(d)] (E) Any person who violates any provision of [subsection (a) or (b) of]
this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not
exceeding [$1,000] $2,500, imprisonment not exceeding 6 months, or both.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1999.

Approved May 27, 1999.

CHAPTER 562
(House Bill 907)

AN ACT concerning

School Safety Act of 1999

FOR the purpose of including certain additional offenses for which a police officer
may execute a warrantless arrest; adding certain arrests of public school
students for certain controlled dangerous substance offenses and certain
offenses related to explosives destructive devices to a list of offenses that are
required to be reported to the local superintendent of schools by the arresting
law enforcement agency; prohibiting threats of bodily harm to certain
individuals on school vehicles, at school-sponsored activities held off school