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2007 Laws of Maryland
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Ch. 183
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SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 2007.
Approved by the Governor, April 24, 2007.
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CHAPTER 184
(Senate Bill 754)
AN ACT concerning
Vehicle Laws - Eluding a Police Officer - Offenses, Penalties, and Forfeiture
Crimes of Violence
FOR the purpose of establishing the offense of eluding a police officer in a motor
vehicle and causing damage to the property of another person; establishing the
offense of eluding a police officer in a motor vehicle prohibiting a driver of a
motor vehicle from attempting to elude a police officer if the officer is attempting
to apprehend the driver for the commission of a felony or a crime of violence for
which the driver is subsequently convicted; making it a felony to commit certain
offenses of eluding a police officer; establishing and altering certain penalties;
authorizing a law enforcement officer to seize a motor vehicle that is used by an
individual in the commission of certain violations of eluding a police officer;
prohibiting a motor vehicle from being forfeited if it was used to commit the
violation without the knowledge of the registered owner of the vehicle;
authorizing a certain chief law enforcement officer to recommend forfeiture to a
certain forfeiting authority only after the officer takes certain actions and after
the individual accused of committing the violation is convicted; providing that a
sworn affidavit from a certain law enforcement officer is admissible into
evidence in a certain proceeding for a certain purpose; prohibiting the chief law
enforcement officer from being subpoenaed under certain circumstances;
requiring a certain forfeiting authority to surrender a certain motor vehicle
under certain circumstances; requiring a certain forfeiting authority to file a
certain complaint with the court under certain circumstances; requiring the
court to schedule a certain hearing; requiring that the registered owner of a
certain motor vehicle be sent a certain notice; requiring the court to take certain
actions after making certain determinations; requiring a lienholder to sell a
motor vehicle in a certain manner under certain circumstances; providing for
the distribution of the proceeds of a certain sale; authorizing a political
subdivision to sell a certain vehicle if no claim is lodged by a lienholder and
directing the distribution of the proceeds of the sale; defining certain terms;
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