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MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  9-504 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 9 - Crimes Against Public Administration|Subtitle 5 - False Statements|Section 9-504 - False Statement -- Concerning Destructive Device or Toxic Material

    (a)    This section does not apply to a statement made or rumor circulated by an officer, employee, or agent of a bona fide civilian defense organization or unit, if made in the regular course of the person’s duties.    (b)    A person may not circulate or transmit to another, with intent that it be acted on, a statement or rumor that the person knows to be false about the location or possible detonation of a destructive device or the location or possible release of toxic material, as those terms are defined in § 4-501 of this article.    (c)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both.    (d)    A crime under this section committed using a telephone or other electronic means may be prosecuted in the county in which:        (1)    the communication originated;        (2)    the communication was received; or        (3)    the destructive device or toxic material was stated or was rumored to be located.    (e)    (1)    In addition to the penalty provided in subsection (c) of this section, a court may order a person convicted or found to have committed a delinquent act under this section to pay restitution to:            (i)    the State, county, municipal corporation, bicounty unit, multicounty unit, county board of education, public authority, or special taxing district for actual costs reasonably incurred in responding to a location and searching for a destructive device as a result of a violation of this section; and            (ii)    the owner or tenant of a property for the actual value of any goods, services, or income lost as a result of the evacuation of the property as a result of a violation of this section.        (2)    This subsection may not be construed to limit the right of a person to restitution under Title 11, Subtitle 6 of the Criminal Procedure Article.        (3)    (i)    If the person convicted or found to have committed a delinquent act under this section is a minor, the court may order the minor, the minor’s parent, or both to pay the restitution described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.            (ii)    Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of Title 11, Subtitle 6 of the Criminal Procedure Article apply to an order of restitution under this paragraph.    (f)    In addition to any other penalty authorized by law, if the person convicted or found to have committed a delinquent act under this section is a minor, the court may order the Motor Vehicle Administration to initiate an action, under the motor vehicle laws, to suspend the driving privilege of the minor for a specified period not to exceed:        (1)    for a first violation, 6 months; and        (2)    for each subsequent violation, 1 year or until the person is 21 years old, whichever is longer.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  9-505 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 9 - Crimes Against Public Administration|Subtitle 5 - False Statements|Section 9-505 - Representation of Destructive Device

    (a)    A person may not manufacture, possess, transport, or place:        (1)    a device or container that is labeled as containing or is intended to represent a toxic material, as defined in § 4-501 of this article, with the intent to terrorize, frighten, intimidate, threaten, or harass; or        (2)    a device that is constructed to represent a destructive device, as defined in § 4-501 of this article, with the intent to terrorize, frighten, intimidate, threaten, or harass.    (b)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both.    (c)    (1)    In addition to the penalty provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person convicted or found to have committed a delinquent act under this section may be ordered by the court to pay restitution to:            (i)    the State, county, municipal corporation, bicounty unit, multicounty unit, county board of education, public authority, or special taxing district for actual costs reasonably incurred as a result of a violation of this section; and            (ii)    the owner or tenant of a property for the actual value of any goods, services, or income lost as a result of the evacuation of the property as a result of a violation of this section.        (2)    This subsection may not be construed to limit the right of a person to restitution under Title 11, Subtitle 6 of the Criminal Procedure Article.        (3)    (i)    If the person convicted or found to have committed a delinquent act in violation of this section is a minor, the court may order the minor, the minor’s parent, or both to pay the restitution described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.            (ii)    Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of Title 11, Subtitle 6 of the Criminal Procedure Article apply to an order of restitution under this paragraph.    (d)    In addition to any other penalty authorized by law, if the person convicted or found to have committed a delinquent act under this section is a minor, the court may order the Motor Vehicle Administration to initiate an action, under the motor vehicle laws, to suspend the driving privilege of the minor for a specified period not to exceed:        (1)    for a first violation, 6 months; and        (2)    for each subsequent violation, 1 year or until the person is 21 years old, whichever is longer.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  9-506 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 9 - Crimes Against Public Administration|Subtitle 5 - False Statements|Section 9-506 - Maryland Higher Education Commission Fund Application -- False or Concealed Material Fact

    (a)    A person may not knowingly and willfully falsify or conceal a material fact in connection with an application for funds from the Maryland Higher Education Commission.    (b)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.    (c)    The Maryland Higher Education Commission shall notify each applicant for funds of the conduct that constitutes a violation of this section before a State scholarship award or grant is awarded.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  9-507 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 9 - Crimes Against Public Administration|Subtitle 5 - False Statements|Section 9-507 - Common-Law Criminal Defamation Repealed

    The common-law crime of criminal defamation is repealed.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  9-508 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 9 - Crimes Against Public Administration|Subtitle 5 - False Statements|Section 9-508 - False Filings of Financing Statement or Amendment

    (a)    In this section, “financing statement” has the meaning stated in § 9–102 of the Commercial Law Article.    (b)    A person may not file a financing statement or an amendment to a financing statement that the person knows contains false information.    (c)    (1)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500.        (2)    Each act of filing a financing statement or an amendment to a financing statement is a separate violation.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  9-701 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 9 - Crimes Against Public Administration|Subtitle 7 - Sabotage|Section 9-701 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Defense-related activity” means:        (1)    the preparation of the United States or a state for defense or war; or        (2)    the prosecution of war by the United States or a country with which the United States maintains friendly relations.    (c)    “Identification badge” means a badge that a person wears to show the person’s identity or right to be in or on any premises described in § 9-704 of this subtitle.    (d)    “Identification card” means a card or pass issued for the purpose of establishing the identity and the right of the person to be in or on any premises described in § 9-704 of this subtitle.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  9-702 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 9 - Crimes Against Public Administration|Subtitle 7 - Sabotage|Section 9-702 - Injury to or Interference With Property -- Acting With Intent to Hinder Defense-Related Activity

    (a)    A person may not destroy, impair, damage, or interfere or tamper with real or personal property with intent to hinder, delay, or interfere with a defense-related activity.    (b)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  9-703 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 9 - Crimes Against Public Administration|Subtitle 7 - Sabotage|Section 9-703 - Defective Workmanship -- Acting With Intent to Hinder Defense-Related Activity

    (a)    A person may not intentionally:        (1)    make or cause to be made or omit to note on inspection a defect in a product to be used in connection with a defense-related activity; and        (2)    act, or fail to act, with intent to hinder, delay, or interfere with a defense-related activity.    (b)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  9-704 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 9 - Crimes Against Public Administration|Subtitle 7 - Sabotage|Section 9-704 - Identification Badges and Identification Cards -- Certain Facilities

    (a)    This section applies to a person possessing an identification badge or identification card required for employment or visitation that is issued by:        (1)    a unit of the State or a county, municipal corporation, special taxing district, or public corporation of the State; or        (2)    a person that owns or operates in the State:            (i)    a factory or warehouse or a manufacturing, printing, publishing, mechanical, or mercantile establishment or a plant of any kind;            (ii)    a mine or quarry;            (iii)    a railway; or            (iv)    a water, sewage, gas, electric, transmission, heating, refrigerating, telephone, or other publicly owned or public service company.    (b)    A person shall surrender each identification badge or identification card to its issuer when the person’s employment or authorized visit ends.    (c)    A person may not knowingly possess an identification badge or identification card after the person’s employment or authorized visit ends.    (d)    A person who willfully violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  9-705 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 9 - Crimes Against Public Administration|Subtitle 7 - Sabotage|Section 9-705 - Identification Badges and Identification Cards -- Required Surrender

    A person who finds or gains possession of an identification badge or identification card required under § 9-704 of this subtitle shall surrender immediately the identification badge or identification card to the nearest police station.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  9-706 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 9 - Crimes Against Public Administration|Subtitle 7 - Sabotage|Section 9-706 - Identification Badges and Identification Cards -- Unauthorized Use

    (a)    To enter a place or establishment in which a person is required to have an identification badge or identification card under § 9-704 of this subtitle, a person may not willfully:        (1)    make unauthorized use of an identification badge or identification card; or        (2)    assist another in the unauthorized use of an identification badge or identification card.    (b)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  9-706.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 9 - Crimes Against Public Administration|Subtitle 7 - Sabotage|Section 9-706.1 - Trespass or Violation at Nuclear Power Facility -- Detention

    (a)    In this section, “security officer” means a proprietary or contractual security officer of a license holder of a nuclear power plant facility in the State.    (b)    Subject to subsection (c) of this section, if a nuclear power plant facility is placed under a heightened level of security condition by a federal agency pursuant to federal law, the license holder of a nuclear power plant facility in the State may authorize a security officer, without a warrant, to stop and detain any person who the owner or security officer has reasonable grounds to believe has:        (1)    entered or trespassed on posted property of the nuclear power plant facility in violation of § 6-402 of this article; or        (2)    violated any local, State, or federal law, regulation, or order in an area controlled by the license holder of the nuclear power plant facility.    (c)    A security officer who detains a person under subsection (b) of this section shall, as soon as practicable:        (1)    notify an appropriate law enforcement agency about the alleged crime committed by the person; and        (2)    release the person to the detention or custody of a law enforcement officer.    (d)    If notice to a law enforcement agency is provided as required under subsection (c) of this section and the law enforcement agency determines not to investigate the alleged crime or declines to take the detained person into detention or custody, the security officer shall release the person as soon as practicable.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  9-707 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 9 - Crimes Against Public Administration|Subtitle 7 - Sabotage|Section 9-707 - Rights of Labor Unaffected

    This subtitle does not impair, curtail, or destroy the rights of employees and their representatives to:         (1)    self-organization;        (2)    form, join, or assist labor organizations;        (3)    bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing; and        (4)    strike, picket, or engage in concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  9-708 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 9 - Crimes Against Public Administration|Subtitle 7 - Sabotage|Section 9-708 - Relation to Other Laws

    If conduct prohibited by this subtitle is also unlawful under another law, a person may be convicted for the violation of this subtitle and the other law.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  9-802 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 9 - Crimes Against Public Administration|Subtitle 8 - Criminal Organizations|Section 9-802 - Criminal Organization Activity

    (a)    A person may not threaten an individual, or a friend or family member of an individual, with physical violence with the intent to coerce, induce, or solicit the individual to participate in or prevent the individual from leaving a criminal organization.    (b)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  9-803 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 9 - Crimes Against Public Administration|Subtitle 8 - Criminal Organizations|Section 9-803 - Criminal Organization Activity -- Schools

    (a)    A person may not threaten an individual, or a friend or family member of an individual, with or use physical violence to coerce, induce, or solicit the individual to participate in or prevent the individual from leaving a criminal organization:        (1)    in a school vehicle, as defined under § 11–154 of the Transportation Article; or        (2)    in, on, or within 1,000 feet of real property owned by or leased to an elementary school, secondary school, or county board of education and used for elementary or secondary education.    (b)    Subsection (a) of this section applies whether or not:        (1)    school was in session at the time of the crime; or        (2)    the real property was being used for purposes other than school purposes at the time of the crime.    (c)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 4 years or a fine not exceeding $20,000 or both.    (d)    Notwithstanding any other law, a conviction under this section may not merge with a conviction under § 9–802 of this subtitle.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  9-805 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 9 - Crimes Against Public Administration|Subtitle 8 - Criminal Organizations|Section 9-805 - Criminal Organization

    (a)    A person may not organize, supervise, promote, sponsor, finance, or manage a criminal organization.    (b)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 20 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000,000 or both.    (c)    A sentence imposed under this section shall be separate from and consecutive to a sentence for any crime based on the act establishing a violation of this section.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  9-806 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 9 - Crimes Against Public Administration|Subtitle 8 - Criminal Organizations|Section 9-806 - Construction of Subtitle

    Nothing in this subtitle may be construed inconsistently with the provisions relating to jurisdiction over juvenile causes contained in Title 3, Subtitle 8A of the Courts Article.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  9-807 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 9 - Crimes Against Public Administration|Subtitle 8 - Criminal Organizations|Section 9-807 - Venue

    For purposes of venue, any violation of this subtitle is considered to have been committed in any county:        (1)    in which any act was performed in furtherance of a violation of this subtitle;        (2)    that is the principal place of the operations of the criminal organization in the State;        (3)    in which a defendant had control or possession of proceeds of a violation of this subtitle or of records or other material or objects that were used in furtherance of a violation; or        (4)    in which a defendant resides.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  10-202 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 10 - Crimes Against Public Health, Conduct, and Sensibilities|Subtitle 2 - Disturbing the Peace, Disorderly Conduct, and Related Crimes|Section 10-202 - Keeping Disorderly House -- Penalty

    A person who keeps a disorderly house is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not less than 10 days and not exceeding 6 months or a fine not less than $50 and not exceeding $300 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  10-203 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 10 - Crimes Against Public Health, Conduct, and Sensibilities|Subtitle 2 - Disturbing the Peace, Disorderly Conduct, and Related Crimes|Section 10-203 - Interference With Commercial Athletic Event

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    “Commercial athletic contest” means an athletic or sporting event held in a public arena, field, hall, or stadium for admission to which the general public must pay an admission charge.        (3)    “Object” means an item that may cause injury to a participant in or observer of the commercial athletic contest.    (b)    A person may not disrupt or interfere with a commercial athletic contest by throwing or projecting an object on the playing field or seating area.    (c)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 3 months or a fine not exceeding $250 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  10-204 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 10 - Crimes Against Public Health, Conduct, and Sensibilities|Subtitle 2 - Disturbing the Peace, Disorderly Conduct, and Related Crimes|Section 10-204 - Interference With Access to or Egress From a Medical Facility

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    (i)    “Medical facility” means:                1.    a facility as defined in § 10–101 of the Health – General Article; or                2.    a health care facility as defined in § 19–114 of the Health – General Article.            (ii)    “Medical facility” includes an agency, clinic, or office operated under the direction of the local health officer or under the regulatory authority of the Maryland Department of Health.    (b)    (1)    This section does not apply to:            (i)    the chief executive officer of the medical facility;            (ii)    a designee of the chief executive officer of the medical facility;            (iii)    an agent of the medical facility; or            (iv)    a law enforcement officer.        (2)    This section does not prohibit:            (i)    speech; or            (ii)    picketing in connection with a labor dispute as defined in § 4–301 of the Labor and Employment Article.    (c)    A person may not intentionally act, alone or with others, to prevent another from entering or exiting a medical facility by physically:        (1)    detaining the other; or        (2)    obstructing, impeding, or hindering the other’s passage.    (d)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  10-205 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 10 - Crimes Against Public Health, Conduct, and Sensibilities|Subtitle 2 - Disturbing the Peace, Disorderly Conduct, and Related Crimes|Section 10-205 - Obstruction, etc., of Entry to or Exit From Funeral, Burial, Memorial Service, or Funeral Procession

    (a)    (1)    This subsection does not apply to a person who conducts a funeral, burial, memorial service, or funeral procession.        (2)    A person may not knowingly obstruct, hinder, impede, or block another person’s entry to or exit from a funeral, burial, memorial service, or funeral procession.    (b)    A person may not address speech to a person attending a funeral, burial, memorial service, or funeral procession that is likely to incite or produce an imminent breach of the peace.    (c)    A person may not engage in picketing activity within 500 feet of a funeral, burial, memorial service, or funeral procession that is targeted at one or more persons attending the funeral, burial, memorial service, or funeral procession.    (d)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.