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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 291
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(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject
to a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500 to be paid to the State.
(c) Any deposit of money as a bet or a wager on the outcome of an election
shall be forfeited and paid to the governing body of the county where the money is
deposited.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 33, § 16-902.
No changes are made.
Subtitle 10. General Penalty Provisions.
16-1001.
(a) A person convicted of a misdemeanor under this article for which no
penalty is specifically provided is subject to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than
$250 or imprisonment for not less than 30 days nor more than 6 months or both.
(b) A person who is convicted of any criminal violation of this article shall be
disqualified permanently from serving as an election judge, board member, or [an]
employee of a board.
(c) A candidate who is convicted of any practice prohibited by this article shall
be ineligible to be elected or appointed to any public office or employment for a period
of 5 years following the date of the [election] CONVICTION.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 33, § 16-1001.
In subsection (b) of this section, the former reference to "an" employee is
deleted as surplusage.
In subsection (c) of this section, the reference to the date of the "conviction"
is substituted for the former reference to "election" for consistency with the
presumed intent of the General Assembly. The Election Law Article Review
Committee calls this substitution to the attention of the General Assembly.
GENERAL REVISOR'S NOTE TO ARTICLE
The Department of Legislative Services is charged with revising the law in a
clear, concise, and organized manner, without changing the effect of the law. One
precept of revision has been that, once something is said, it should be said in the same
way every time. To that end, the Election Law Article conformed the language and
organization of this article to that of previously enacted revised articles to the extent
possible.
The Election Law Article contains two components, the principal one is a
thorough but nonsubstantive revision of the campaign finance provisions of law
encompassed under former Article 33 and set out in Titles 13, 14, and 15 of the
revised article. The other component consists of the provisions of Titles 1 through 12
and Title 16 of former Article 33 of the Code that became effective January 1, 1999.
That material encompasses the substantive revision of the State election law that
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