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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 10-1 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="10-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Criminal street gang.">“Criminal street gang” means any ongoing organization, association, or group of 3 or more persons, whether formal or informal:<para num="(1)">having as one of its primary activities the commission of 1 or more of the criminal acts enumerated in subsection (b);</para>
      <para num="(2)">having a common name or common identifying sign or symbol; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">comprised of members who individually or collectively engage in or have engaged in a pattern of criminal gang activity.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Pattern of criminal gang activity.">“Pattern of criminal gang activity” means the commission or attempted commission of, or solicitation for, 2 or more of the following offenses within a period of 3 years, provided that the more recent commission or solicitation occurred after July 29, 1995:<para num="(1)">assault with intent to murder, ravish, or rob;</para>
      <para num="(2)">robbery;</para>
      <para num="(3)">murder or manslaughter;</para>
      <para num="(4)">the sale, possession for sale, transportation, manufacture, offer for sale, or offer to manufacture controlled dangerous substances;</para>
      <para num="(5)">unlawful wearing, carrying, or transporting a handgun; or</para>
      <para num="(6)">arson.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §250</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 95-586</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
