ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 538

Article - Family Law

4-506.

(d) The final protective order may include any or all of the following relief:

(11)   direct the respondent or any or all of the persons eligible for relief to
participate in professionally supervised counseling or a domestic violence program;

(12)   order the respondent to surrender to law enforcement authorities any
firearm in the respondent's possession for the duration of the protective order; or

4-509.

(a)     A person who fails to comply with the relief granted in an interim
protective order under § 4-504.1(c)(l), (2), (3), (4)(i), (7), or (8) of this subtitle, a
temporary protective order under § 4-505(a)(2)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) of this subtitle,
or a final protective order under § 4-506(d)(1), (2), (3), (4), [or] (5), OR (12) OF THIS
SUBTITLE, OR A RESPONDENT WHO WILLFULLY FAILS TO COMPLETE COUNSELING
OR A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM ORDERED UNDER § 4-506(D)(11) of this subtitle
is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject, for each offense, to:

(1)     for a first offense, a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not
exceeding 90 days or both; and

(2)     for a second or subsequent offense, a fine not exceeding $2,500 or
imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both.

(b)     An officer shall arrest with or without a warrant and take into custody a
person who the officer has probable cause to believe is in violation of an interim,
temporary, or final protective order in effect at the time of the violation.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2004.

Approved May 26, 2004.

CHAPTER 538
(House Bill 1162)

AN ACT concerning

Code Home Rule Counties - Development Excise Taxes - Maximum Amount

Per Lot

FOR the purpose of repealing the termination date of a certain provision altering the
maximum amount per lot of a development excise tax that a code home rule
county is authorized to impose; altering the maximum amount per lot of a
development excise tax that a an Eastern Shore code home rule county is
authorized to impose; and generally relating to the development excise tax in
code home rule counties.

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