Ch. 117

2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

8950	982	1528	1915	2152	2351	2516
9000	989	1539	1928	2168	2367	2534
9050	992	1543	1933	2173	2373	2540
9100	994	1547	1938	2179	2379	2546
9150	997	1551	1943	2184	2385	2552
9200	999	1554	1948	2190	2391	2559
9250	1002	1558	1953	2195	2397	2565
9300	1004	1562	1958	2201	2403	2571
9350	1007	1566	1963	2206	2409	2578
9400	1009	1570	1967	2212	2415	2584
9450	1012	1574	1972	2217	2421	2590
9500	1014	1577	1977	2223	2427	2596
9550	1017	1581	1982	2228	2433	2603
9600	1020	1585	1987	2234	2439	2609
9650	1022	1589	1992	2239	2445	2615
9700	1025	1593	1997	2245	2451	2622
9750	1027	1597	2001	2250	2457	2628
9800	1030	1601	2006	2256	2463	2634
9850	1032	1604	2011	2261	2469	2640
9900	1035	1608	2016	2267	2475	2647
9950	1037	1612	2021	2272	2481	2653
10000	1040	1616	2026	2278	2487	2659

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

Approved April 27, 2004.

CHAPTER 117
(Senate Bill 353)

AN ACT concerning

Criminal Law - Extortion - Damages and Penalties

FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person, with the intent to unlawfully extort money,
property, or anything of value, from falsely accusing, verbally threatening to
accuse, or knowingly sending a writing threatening to accuse another of a crime
or of anything that, if true, would tend to bring the other into contempt or
disrepute, or from verbally threatening or knowingly sending a writing
threatening to cause physical injury or economic damage to a person, inflict
emotional distress on a person, or cause damage to the property of a person;
increasing certain penalties; and generally relating to crimes of extortion.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Criminal Law
Section 3-704 through 3-706

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