Maryland HB 370: Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation - Police Force - Repeal

Bill Text

EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
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HOUSE BILL 370
E4 9lr0047

By: Chair, Appropriations Committee (By Request – Departmental – Labor,
Licensing and Regulation)
Introduced and read first time: January 30, 2019
Assigned to: Appropriations

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation – Police Force – Repeal 2

FOR the purpose of altering the definition of “police officer” in connection with provisions 3
of law relating to the authority to make arrests to remove a member of the 4
Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation Police Force; altering the definition 5
of “law enforcement officer” in connection with provisions of law relating to the 6
Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission and the Law Enforcement 7
Officers’ Bill of Rights to remove a member of the Department of Labor, Licensing, 8
and Regulation Police Force; altering the membership of the Law Enforcement 9
Officers’ Pension System to remove a member of the Department of Labor, Licensing, 10
and Regulation Police Force; altering the jurisdiction of the Maryland Capitol Police 11
of the Department of General Services to include certain buildings and grounds 12
administered by the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation on a certain 13
date; providing for the transfer of certain functions, powers, and duties of the 14
Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation Police Force to the Maryland 15
Capitol Police of the Department of General Services on a certain date; providing for 16
the transfer of certain employees to the Maryland Capitol Police of the Department 17
of General Services without diminution of certain rights, benefits, or employment or 18
retirement status; requiring the publisher of the Annotated Code of Maryland, in 19
consultation with and subject to the approval of the Department of Legislative 20
Services, to correct any cross–references or terminology rendered incorrect by this 21
Act and to describe any such corrections in an editor’s note following the section 22
affected; and generally relating to the Department of Labor, Licensing, and 23
Regulation Police Force. 24

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 25
Article – Public Safety 26
Section 3–101(a) and 3–201(a) 27
Annotated Code of Maryland 28
(2018 Replacement Volume) 29

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BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 1
Article – Public Safety 2
Section 3–101(e)(1) and 3–201(f)(1) 3
Annotated Code of Maryland 4
(2018 Replacement Volume) 5

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 6
Article – Criminal Procedure 7
Section 2–101(a) 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2018 Replacement Volume) 10

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11
Article – Criminal Procedure 12
Section 2–101(c) 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2018 Replacement Volume) 15

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 16
Article – State Finance and Procurement 17
Section 4–601 and 4–605 18
Annotated Code of Maryland 19
(2015 Replacement Volume and 2018 Supplement) 20

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 21
Article – State Personnel and Pensions 22
Section 26–201 and 26–202(b)(1) 23
Annotated Code of Maryland 24
(2015 Replacement Volume and 2018 Supplement) 25

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 26
That the laws of Maryland read as follows: 27

Article – Public Safety 28

3–101. 29

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 30

(e) (1) “Law enforcement officer” means an individual who: 31

(i) in an official capacity is authorized by law to make arrests; and 32

(ii) is a member of one of the following law enforcement agencies: 33

1. the Department of State Police; 34

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2. the Police Department of Baltimore City; 1

3. the Baltimore City School Police Force; 2

4. the Baltimore City Watershed Police Force; 3

5. the police department, bureau, or force of a county; 4

6. the police department, bureau, or force of a municipal 5
corporation; 6

7. the office of the sheriff of a county; 7

8. the police department, bureau, or force of a bicounty 8
agency; 9

9. the Maryland Transportation Authority Police; 10

10. the police forces of the Department of Transportation; 11

11. the police forces of the Department of Natural Resources; 12

12. the Field Enforcement Bureau of the Comptroller’s Office; 13

13. the Housing Authority of Baltimore City Police Force; 14

14. the Crofton Police Department; 15

15. the police force of the Maryland Department of Health; 16

16. the police force of the Maryland Capitol Police of the 17
Department of General Services; 18

17. [the police force of the Department of Labor, Licensing, 19
and Regulation; 20

18.] the police forces of the University System of Maryland; 21

[19.] 18. the police force of Morgan State University; 22

[20.] 19. the office of State Fire Marshal; 23

[21.] 20. the Ocean Pines Polic