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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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H.B. 647
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BY repealing
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 486, 487, 488, and 489
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 486 through 489 488
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 88B - Department of State Police
Section 12A(a)(8)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 3-804(e), 10-402(c)(2), and 10-406
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:
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
111.
(a) Any person who shall wilfully and maliciously destroy, injure, deface or
molest any real or personal property of another shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor.
(b) If the amount of damage to the property defaced, destroyed, injured, or
molested has a value of less than [$300] $500, the person who violates this section, on
conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 60
days or both.
(c) If the amount of damage to the property defaced, destroyed, injured, or
molested has a value of [$300] $500 or more, the person who violates this section, on
conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $2,500 or imprisonment not exceeding 3
years or both.
(d) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, two or more
acts committed in violation of this section pursuant to one scheme or continuing
course of conduct, whether from the same or several acts upon the property of one or
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