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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 | | *hb1111* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 1111 |
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| 8 | 8 | | E1 4lr2255 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF SB 939 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegate Wims |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2024 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Criminal Law – Reckless Endangerment – Use of Motor Vehicle 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of repealing an exclusion of conduct involving the use of a motor vehicle 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | applicable to the crime of reckless endangerment; and generally relating to reckless 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | endangerment. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Article – Criminal Law 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 3–204 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2021 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | |
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| 33 | 33 | | Article – Criminal Law 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3–204. 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (a) A person may not recklessly: 15 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) engage in conduct that creates a substantial risk of death or serious 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | physical injury to another; or 17 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) discharge a firearm from a motor vehicle in a manner that creates a 18 |
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| 43 | 43 | | substantial risk of death or serious physical injury to another. 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (b) A person who violates this section is guilty of the misdemeanor of reckless 20 |
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| 46 | 46 | | endangerment and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine 21 |
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| 47 | 47 | | not exceeding $5,000 or both. 22 |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2 HOUSE BILL 1111 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (c) (1) Subsection (a)(1) of this section does not apply to conduct involving[: 1 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (i) the use of a motor vehicle, as defined in § 11–135 of the 2 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Transportation Article; or 3 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (ii)] the manufacture, production, or sale of a product or commodity. 4 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (2) Subsection (a)(2) of this section does not apply to: 5 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (i) a law enforcement officer or security guard in the performance of 6 |
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| 61 | 61 | | an official duty; or 7 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (ii) an individual acting in defense of a crime of violence as defined 8 |
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| 64 | 64 | | in § 5–101 of the Public Safety Article. 9 |
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| 66 | 66 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 10 |
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| 67 | 67 | | October 1, 2024. 11 |
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