Ch. 21

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

through 460 and the subheading "Railroads"; 461 through 465 and the subheading
"Sexual Offenses"; 465A and the subheading "Real Estate Settlements"; 467A and the
subheading "Recorded Material - Unauthorized Copies"; 468 and the subheading
"Litter Control Law"; 469 and the subheading "Junkyards, etc."; 470A and the
subheading "Religious and Ethnic Crimes"; 471 through 480A and the subheading
"Returnable Containers and Marked Articles of Linen Suppliers"; 482 through 484
and the subheading "Rivers, Harbors, Etc."; 486 through 488 and the subheading
"Robbery"; 535 through 541 and the subheading "Sabotage and Related Crimes"; 553
and 554 and the subheading "Sodomy"; 555A through 555C and the subheading
"Telephone and Electronic Mail Misuse"; 556 through 557B and the subheading
"Telegraphs and Telephones"; 558 through 560 and the subheading "Thieves and
Pickpockets"; 561 through 563 and the subheading "Threats and Threatening
Letters"; 576 through 579B and the subheading "Trespass"; 580A and the subheading
"Picketing of Dwelling Places"; 582 and the subheading "Vessels - Displaying of
Number, Name, Etc."; 583 and the subheading "Video Tape Distributors"; 610, 612,
and 616 and the subheading "Indictments"; 626, 627, 643, 643B, and 644A and the
subheading "Sentence and Punishment"; and 760 through 763 and the subheading
"Influencing or Intimidating Victims and Witnesses"

Article - Agriculture

Section 4-123.1

Article - Commercial Law

Section 11-904; 14-1401 through 14-1405, inclusive, and the subtitle

"Subtitle 14. Credit Card Number Protection Act"

Article - Family Law

Section 5-503

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 281(i) of
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed
and reenacted, with amendments, and transferred to the Session Laws, to read as
follows:

1. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shall initially permit
persons to register under Title 5, Subtitle 3 of the Criminal Law Article if the persons
own or operate any establishment engaged in the manufacture, distribution or
dispensing of any controlled dangerous substances prior to July 1, 1970, and who are
registered or licensed by the State.

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 302(a)
through (c), inclusive, of Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments of the Annotated Code
of Maryland be repealed and reenacted, with amendments, and transferred to the
Session Laws, to read as follows:

(a) Prosecutions for any violation of law occurring prior to July 1, 1970, shall
not be affected by these repealers or amendments, or abated by reason thereof.

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