Ch. 5                                       2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Defined terms: "Firearm application" § 5-101
"Person" § 1-101

(J) FIREARM APPLICATION.

"FIREARM APPLICATION" MEANS AN APPLICATION TO PURCHASE, RENT, OR
TRANSFER A REGULATED FIREARM.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language added to provide a concise
reference to an application to purchase, rent, or transfer a regulated
firearm.

Defined term: "Regulated firearm" § 5-101

(K) FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE.

"FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE" MEANS A PERSON WHO HAS FLED TO AVOID
PROSECUTION OR GIVING TESTIMONY IN A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language derived without
substantive change from former Art. 27, § 441(j).

The former reference to avoiding prosecution "for a crime" is deleted as
surplusage.

The Public Safety Article Review Committee notes, for consideration by the
General Assembly, that the former reference to a person who has fled "from
a sheriff or other peace officer within this State, or who has fled from any
state, the District of Columbia, or territory or possession of the United
States" is deleted for brevity. A person who has fled to avoid prosecution or
giving testimony in a criminal proceeding is a fugitive from justice,
regardless of from whom or where the person has fled.

Defined term: "Person" § 1-101

(L) HABITUAL DRUNKARD.

"HABITUAL DRUNKARD" MEANS A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF
ANY THREE CRIMES UNDER § 21-902(A), (B), OR (C) OF THE TRANSPORTATION
ARTICLE, ONE OF WHICH OCCURRED IN THE PAST YEAR.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language derived without
substantive change from former Art. 27, § 441(b) and (1).

The former defined term "alcohol offense" is revised as part of this
subsection because this subsection is the only provision in this subtitle in
which the former defined term is used.

The reference to "crimes" is substituted for the former reference to
"offenses" for consistency with the Criminal Procedure Article and the
Criminal Law Article.

Defined term: "Person" § 1-101

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