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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0047* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 47 |
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| 8 | 8 | | C9, D1 3lr0779 |
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| 9 | 9 | | (PRE–FILED) |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Sydnor |
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| 11 | 11 | | Requested: November 15, 2022 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Introduced and read first time: January 11, 2023 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings |
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| 14 | 14 | | |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 17 | 17 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | |
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| 19 | 19 | | Evidence – Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance – Fair Housing Testing 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of providing that it is lawful for a person to intercept a wire, oral, or 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | electronic communication if the person is working as a fair housing tester for a 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | certain fair housing testing program under certain circumstances; and generally 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | relating to wire and electronic surveillance. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | |
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| 26 | 26 | | BY adding to 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 10–402(c)(12) 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 11 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12 |
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| 33 | 33 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13 |
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| 34 | 34 | | |
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| 35 | 35 | | Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10–402. 15 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (c) (12) IT IS LAWFUL UNDER TH IS SUBTITLE FOR A PE RSON TO 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | INTERCEPT A WIRE, ORAL, OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION IF: 17 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (I) THE PERSON IS WORKING AS A FAIR HOUSING TE STER FOR 18 |
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| 43 | 43 | | A FAIR HOUSING TESTI NG PROGRAM OPERATED BY: 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 1. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMEN T; 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2. THE STATE; 21 2 SENATE BILL 47 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 3. A LOCAL GOVERNMENT ; OR 1 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 4. A NONPROFIT CIVIL RIGH TS ORGANIZATION ; 2 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (II) THE PERSON IS A PARTY TO THE COMMUNICATION ; AND 3 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (III) THE INTERCEPTION IS BEIN G MADE FOR THE PURPO SE OF 4 |
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| 58 | 58 | | OBTAINING EVIDENCE O F A FAIR HOUSING VIOLATION UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR 5 |
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| 59 | 59 | | LOCAL LAW. 6 |
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| 61 | 61 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 7 |
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| 62 | 62 | | October 1, 2023. 8 |
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