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(a) In this Section to stalk means to engage in a persistent pattern of conduct which:
(1) alarms, annoys, intimidates, frightens, or terrorizes a person; and
(2) causes the person to reasonably fear for his or her safety, or that of any third person.
(b) A person must not stalk another person.
(c) This Section does not apply to any constitutionally protected conduct.
(d) A violation of this Section is a Class A violation. Each day that a person violates this Section is a separate offense.
(e) A sentence imposed under this Section may be imposed separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence for any other offense based upon the act or acts establishing a violation of this Section. (1993 L.M.C., ch. 27, § 1.)
Editor’s Note—Section 32-20 was cited in Attorney Grievance Commission v. Beatty, 409 Md. 11, 972 A.2d 840 (2009) and quoted and cited in Attorney Grievance Commission v. Thompson, 367 Md. 315, 786 A.2d 763 (2001).
Former § 32-20, regarding police uniforms, is now § 32-21.
A person must not stand or walk in the main-traveled portion of any public street or highway to solicit a ride from the driver or occupant of any vehicle. Any violation of this Section is a class C violation.
(2007 L.M.C., ch. 8, § 2.)
It shall be a class C violation as set forth in section 1-19 of chapter 1 of the County Code for any person not a member of the county police to wear the duly prescribed uniform of the county police or any distinctive part of such uniform or a uniform any part of which is similar to a distinctive part of the duly prescribed uniform of the county police. Each day a violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 18-4; 1983 L.M.C., ch. 22, § 41; 1993 L.M.C., ch. 27, § 1.)
Editor’s Note-Formerly, § 32-20; former § 32-21 was repealed by 1975 L.M.C., ch. 31, § 1.
(a) No automobile trailer or other vehicle shall be used as a place of residence within the Montgomery County Suburban District for more than twenty-four (24) hours, exclusive of Sundays, unless such vehicle shall have been connected under proper license to the sewer system of the Washington Suburban Sanitary District or to a septic tank constructed under license of the county board of health; provided, that this section shall not apply to vehicles so occupied within licensed tourist camps within the district.
(b) Any owner of property, or lessee thereof, who shall knowingly allow any such vehicle to be so used upon property owned or held as lessee by him, and any person so using any such vehicle shall be subject to punishment for a class C violation as set forth in section 1-19 of chapter 1 of the County Code. Each day a violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense. (Code 1965, § 114-6; 1983 L.M.C., ch. 22, § 41.)
(a) A person or group of persons must not picket in front of or adjacent to any private residence.
(b) This Section does not prohibit:
(1) a person or group of persons from marching in a residential area without stopping at any particular private residence; or
(2) picketing at a particular private residence:
(A) when that residence is also used for the occupant’s sole place of business; or
(B) during a public meeting.
(c) As used in this Section:
(1)"Picket" or "picketing" means to post a person or persons at a particular place to convey a message.
(2) A "public meeting" is a gathering:
(A) announced in advance to the public or a portion of the public;
(B) held to discuss a matter; and
(C) attended by at least 3 people who do not reside at the residence where the meeting is held.
(d) Section 32-17 applies to any violation of this Section. (1993 L.M.C., ch. 36, § 2.)
(a) Findings.
(1) Due to its location on the I-95 corridor, low crime rate, and high disposable income, Montgomery County has become a prime location for human trafficking;
(2) a significant number of prostitutes working in Montgomery County are victims of human trafficking; and
(3) the United States Department of Justice has found strong evidence to support a demand-reduction approach to combatting human trafficking.
(b) Definitions. In this Section, the following terms have the meanings indicated:
Human trafficking means the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.
Prostitution means the performance of a sexual act, sexual contact, or vaginal intercourse for hire.
Purchase means to offer or agree to pay money or something of value to another person in return for a service.
Sexual act has the meaning stated in Md. Criminal Law Art. §3-301, as amended.
Sexual contact has the meaning stated in Md. Criminal Law Art. §3-301, as amended.
Vaginal intercourse has the meaning stated in Md. Criminal Law Art. §3-301, as amended.
(c) Prohibition. A person must not purchase prostitution in the County.
(d) Enforcement; penalties.
(1) A police officer may issue a civil citation or a criminal citation to a person whom the officer reasonably believes has violated this Section.
(2) A violation of this Section is a Class A violation. (2015 L.M.C., ch. 52, § 1.)
(a) This Section establishes the victim advocate program to assist and support victims of crime.
(b) The program is administered by:
(1) the County Executive; or
(2) a nonprofit community-based service agency.
(c) If the Executive contracts with a nonprofit community-based service agency, that agency must:
(1) have a proven record in client service and advocacy; and
(2) be able to work with the business community to obtain goods and services and financial donations. (1987 L.M.C., ch. 4, § 1; 1998 L.M.C., ch. 25, § 1.)
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