ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                            S.B. 720

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2002 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article — Criminal Law
Section 11-207 and 11-208
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Criminal Law

Section 11-208.1

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2002 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

10-402.

(c) (2) (i) This paragraph applies to an interception in which:

1.       The investigative or law enforcement officer or other
person is a party to the communication; or

2.       One of the parties to the communication has given prior
consent to the interception.

(ii) It is lawful under this subtitle for an investigative or law
enforcement officer acting in a criminal investigation or any other person acting at
the prior direction and under the supervision of an investigative or law enforcement
officer to intercept a wire, oral, or electronic communication in order to provide
evidence:

1. Of the commission of:

F. Child pornography under [§ 11-207 or § 11-208] § 11-207,
§ 11-208, OR § 11-208.1 of the Criminal Law Article;

10-406.

(a) The Attorney General, State Prosecutor, or any State's Attorney may apply
to a judge of competent jurisdiction, and the judge, in accordance with the provisions
of § 10-408 of this subtitle, may grant an order authorizing the interception of wire,
oral, or electronic communications by investigative or law enforcement officers when
the interception may provide or has provided evidence of the commission of:

(3) Child pornography under [§ 11-207 or § 11-208] § 11-207, § 11-208,
OR § 11-208.1 of the Criminal Law Article;

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