Ch. 549                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 4-301(b)(19). and (20) and 4-302(a) and (d)(1)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 4-301(b)(21)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2000 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Election Law
Section 16-801 through 16-803
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2003 Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article — Election Law
Section 16-804
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2003 Volume and 2003 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, 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:

(19)   Violation of § 8-604 of the Criminal Law Article; [or]

(20)   Violation of Title 8, Subtitle 2, Part II of the Criminal Law Article; OR

(21)    VIOLATION OF §§ 16-801 THROUGH 16-804 OF THE ELECTION LAW
ARTICLE.

4-302.

(a) Except as provided in § 4-301(b)(2), (6), (7). (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13),
(14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), [and] (20). AND (21) of this subtitle, the District Court
does not have jurisdiction to try a criminal case charging the commission of a felony.

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