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Ch. 343 2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2000.
Approved May 11, 2000.
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CHAPTER 343
(House Bill 178)
AN ACT concerning
Drug Dealer Liability Act
FOR the purpose of making certain persons who manufacture, distribute, dispense, or
bring into or transport are convicted under certain provisions of law of
knowingly and willfully manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, bringing into,
or transporting in the State a controlled dangerous substance liable in a civil
action for damages for the death of an individual proximately caused by the
individual's use of controlled dangerous substances the controlled dangerous
substance under certain conditions; specifying certain persons entitled to bring
an action under this Act; exempting from civil liability law enforcement officers
and persons who act at the direction of or in cooperation with law enforcement
officers in an official investigation; authorizing persons entitled to bring an
action to recover economic damages, noneconomic damages, and court costs and
reasonable attorney's fees; prohibiting a third party from paying damages
awarded under this Act or providing certain other financial assistance to certain
persons;, noneconomic damages, and certain other losses sustained by the
plaintiff; providing that a defendant may not raise certain defenses in an action
under this Act; defining a certain term; providing for the application of this Act;
and generally relating to the civil liability of dealers of controlled dangerous
substances certain persons who are convicted under certain provisions of law of
knowingly and willfully manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, bringing into,
or transporting in the State a controlled dangerous substance.
BY adding to
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 3-1601 through 3-1607 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 16. Drug
Dealer Liability Act"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
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