ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                            Ch. 109

(ii) [In addition, one additional Class A-1 or A-2 beer, wine, and
liquor off-sale license may be issued by the Board for every 20,000 of population after
July 1, 1984.

(iii)] However, a B-1 temporary (on-sale) license may be issued to
those persons who wish after six months to operate a bona fide Class B license. The
B-1 license shall be revoked after the six-month period has expired if the licensee has
not met all requirements for a Class B license.

(3) The population figures are those specified by the State Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene.

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

Approved April 27, 2004.

CHAPTER 109
(Senate Bill 257)

AN ACT concerning

Criminal Procedure - Identity Theft - Venue for Prosecution

FOR the purpose of authorizing a State's Attorney or the Attorney General to
investigate and prosecute certain offenses relating to personal identifying
information fraud; authorizing the Attorney General to exercise all the powers
and duties of a State's Attorney to investigate and prosecute certain violations;
establishing that a prosecution for a violation of certain offenses relating to
personal identifying information fraud or other crimes based on a violation may
be commenced in a county in which an element of the crime occurred or in which
the victim resides; and generally relating to certain offenses relating to personal
identifying information fraud.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Criminal Law
Section 8-301

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 - Criminal Law

8-301.

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

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