(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.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 9 - Crimes Against Public Administration
Section 9-703 - Defective Workmanship -- Acting With Intent to Hinder Defense-Related Activity
Section 9-704 - Identification Badges and Identification Cards -- Certain Facilities
Section 9-705 - Identification Badges and Identification Cards -- Required Surrender
Section 9-706 - Identification Badges and Identification Cards -- Unauthorized Use
Section 9-706.1 - Trespass or Violation at Nuclear Power Facility -- Detention