Ch. 365 LAWS OF MARYLAND

deputy sheriffs of all ranks, are subject to the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights.
They are also subject to the labor code of the county with regard to collective
bargaining for compensation, including pension and other fringe benefits. The County
Executive shall be considered the "employer" of the deputy sheriffs for the purpose of
collective bargaining only.

(8) The Sheriff and his deputies shall be limited in their duties as law
enforcement officers, as follows:

(i) The full power of arrest, the service of process of all writs,
summonses, orders, petitions, subpoenas, warrants, rules to show cause, and all other
legal papers;

(ii) The care and supervision of prisoners at any of the county
detention centers, hospitals, penal institutions, or other places of confinement;

(iii) The security of all State and county courts and perform such
duties as may be required of them by the courts;

(iv) The transportation of all legally detained persons; and

(v) Neither the Sheriff of Prince George's County nor any of his
deputies shall conduct criminal investigations, except in matters concerning the
Sheriff's department or upon request of the courts.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, pursuant to Article III,
Section 35 of the Constitution of Maryland, this Act may not be construed to extend or
apply to the salary or compensation of the Sheriff of Prince George's County in office
on the effective date of this Act, but the provisions of this Act concerning the salary or
compensation of the Sheriff of Prince George's County shall take effect at the beginning
of the next following term of office.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1990.

Approved May 2, 1990.

CHAPTER 365
(House Bill 899)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City Jail

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of
$1,000,000 $850,000 $900,000 the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore for the purpose of repairing, improving, expanding, and
equipping the Baltimore City Jail, subject to the requirement that the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore provide at least an equal and matching fund of a certain

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