Ch. 17

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

2-608.

(a) (10) "Law enforcement officer" means a law enforcement officer as
defined in [Article 27, § 727 (b) of the Code] § 3-101 OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY ARTICLE
or any federal law enforcement officer who exercises the powers set forth in § 2-104 of
the Criminal Procedure Article.

3-8A-03.

(d) The court does not have jurisdiction over:

(4) A child at least 16 years old alleged to have committed any of the
following crimes, as well as all other charges against the child arising out of the same
incident, unless an order removing the proceeding to the court has been filed under §
4-202 of the Criminal Procedure Article:

(ix) A crime in violation of [Article 27, § 445, § 446, or § 481C of the
Code] § 5-133, § 5-134, § 5-138, OR § 5-203 OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY ARTICLE;

3-8A-27.

(g) This section does not prohibit a victim or victim's representative who has
filed a notification request form from being notified of proceedings and events
involving the defendant or child as provided in this subtitle, the Criminal Procedure
Article, OR the Criminal Law Article[, or Article 27 of the Code].

4-401.

Except as provided in § 4-402 of this subtitle, and subject to the venue
provisions of Title 6 of this article, the District Court has exclusive original civil
jurisdiction in:

(11) A proceeding for adjudication of a civil penalty for any violation under
§ 5-1001 of the Environment Article, § 15-113, § 15-113.1, § 21-1122, or § 21-1414 of
the Transportation Article, or [Article 41, § 2-101 (c-1) of the Code] § 14-304 OF THE
PUBLIC SAFETY ARTICLE, or any rule or regulation issued pursuant to those sections;

5-106.

(u) A prosecution for an offense under [Article 27, § 449 (d) or (f) of the Code]
§ 5-140, § 5-141, OR § 5-143 OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY ARTICLE, relating to straw sales of
regulated firearms to prohibited persons or minors and to illegal sales, rentals,
transfers, possession, or receipt of regulated firearms, shall be instituted within 3
years after the offense was committed.

5-303.

(c) (2) (ii) A local government may not indemnify a law enforcement
officer for a judgment for punitive damages if the law enforcement officer has been
found guilty under [Article 27, § 731 of the Code] § 3-108 OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
ARTICLE as a result of the act or omission giving rise to the judgment, if the act or
omission would constitute a felony under the laws of this State.

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