Ch. 69                                      2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(j) If action is taken under the authority granted in subsection (i) of this
section, notification of an investigation:

(1)     in a municipal corporation, shall be made to the chief of police or
designee of the chief of police;

(2)     in a county that has a county police department, shall be made to the
chief of police or designee of the chief of police;

(3)     in a county without a police department, shall be made to the sheriff
or designee of the sheriff;

(4)     in Baltimore City, shall be made to the Police Commissioner or the
Police Commissioner's designee; and

(5)     on property owned, leased, or operated by or under the control of the
Maryland Transportation Authority, the Maryland Aviation Administration, or the
Maryland Port Administration, shall be made to the respective chief of police or the
chief's designee.

(k) When acting under the authority granted in subsection (h) or (i) of this
section, a law enforcement officer:

(1)     in addition to any other immunities and exemptions to which the
officer may be entitled, has the immunities from liability and exemptions accorded to
a law enforcement officer of the Department of State Police; but

(2)     remains an employee of the officer's employing agency.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 2003.

Approved April 22, 2003.

CHAPTER 69
(Senate Bill 167)

AN ACT concerning

Insurance - Premium Finance Agreements

FOR the purpose of providing that a premium finance agreement, in addition to
financing the premium of a surplus lines insurance contract, may include
certain premium receipts taxes and fees charged by a surplus lines broker;
altering the manner in which a finance charge is computed; and generally
relating to premium finance agreements.

BY adding to

Article — Insurance
Section 23-301.1

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