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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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H.B. 666
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vetoed House Bill 666 - Criminal Law - Conversion of Leased or Rented Goods.
This bill repeals the requirement that a person be a bona fide resident of the State to
qualify for: (1) a prohibition against prosecution for conversion of a leased or rented
good or thing of value if the good or thing of value is returned or accounted for within
ten days of a written demand for its return, sent via certified mail to the person's last
known address; and (2) a ten-day delay in prosecution for conversion of a leased or
rented good or thing of value (to provide the person with time to return or account for
it) where the person has received such a written demand for return of the good or
thing of value.
Senate Bill 460, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me,
accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign House
Bill 666.
Sincerely,
Parris N. Glendening
Governor
House Bill No. 666
AN ACT concerning
Criminal Law - Conversion of Leased or Rented Goods
FOR the purpose of repealing a limitation on granting immunity against prosecution
for the conversion of a certain good or thing of value only to a bona fide resident
of the State who returns the good or thing of value within a certain period of
time; altering a certain penalty and generally relating to immunity from
prosecution for the conversion of a certain good or thing of value under certain
circumstances.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Criminal Law
Section 8-407
Annotated Code of Maryland
(As enacted by Chapter_(H.B. 11) of the Acts of the General Assembly of
2002)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Criminal Law
8-407.
(a) This section applies to a written lease notwithstanding that the lease
contains an option to purchase the good or thing of value if the lease:
(1) does not exceed a period of 6 months; and
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(2) is not for nominal consideration.
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