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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 480
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BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Criminal Law
Section 3-603(a)(9), 7-101(b). (c), (f), and (h), and 7-103(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(As enacted by Chapter 26 (H.B. 11) of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2002)
BY adding to
Article - Criminal Law
Section 8-801 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 8. Financial Crimes Against
Vulnerable Adults"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(As enacted by Chapter 26 (H.B. 11) of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2002)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section(s) 8-801 through 8-803 and the subtitle "Subtitle 8.
Miscellaneous Fraud", respectively, of Article - Criminal Law of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (as enacted by Chapter 26 (H.B. 11) of the Acts of the General Assembly
of 2002) be renumbered to be Section(s) 8-901 through 8-903 and the subtitle
"Subtitle 9. Miscellaneous Fraud", respectively.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
4-301.
(b) Except as provided in § 4-302 of this subtitle, the District Court also has
exclusive original jurisdiction in a criminal case in which a person at least 18 years
old or a corporation is charged with:
(15) Violation of Article 27, § 59 of the Code, whether A felony or
misdemeanor; [or]
(16) Violation of Article 27, § 194A of the Code, whether a felony or
misdemeanor; OR
(17) VIOLATION OF § 8-801 OF THE CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE.
4-302.
(a) Except as provided in § 4-301(b)(2), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13),
(14), (15), [and (16)] (16), AND (17) of this subtitle, the District Court does not have
jurisdiction to try a criminal case charging the commission of a felony.
(d) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the
jurisdiction of the District Court is concurrent with that of the circuit court in a
criminal case:
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