Ch. 684 LAWS OF MARYLAND

noncommissioned rank or [a Natural Resources police officer of] A LAW
ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES HOLDING the rank of sergeant or below OR PARK RANGER III OR
BELOW, who is called out to duty on a regularly scheduled off-duty day or during a
regularly scheduled on-duty day after going off duty shall be compensated at one and
one-half times the employee's regular hourly rate. This payment shall be made for not
less than 4 hours time on any day the employee is called out. A law enforcement
employee of any other State agency who is called out to duty on a regularly scheduled
off-duty day shall be compensated at one and one-half times the employee's regular
hourly rate for the time worked.

(e) (2) The maximum yearly overtime to be paid any 1 employee of the
Maryland State Police or the Department of Natural Resources is as follows:

Cadet. Maryland State Police Unlimited

AND DEPARTMENT OF

NATURAL RESOURCES

Trooper, Trooper First Class and.

Natural Resources Officers [I, II

and III] OFFICER AND

OFFICER

FIRST CLASS Unlimited

Corporal and Natural

Resources Corporal Unlimited

Sergeant and Natural Resources

Sergeant Unlimited

1st Sergeant Unlimited

PARK RANGER I UNLIMITED

PARK RANGER II UNLIMITED

PARK RANGER III UNLIMITED

(3) Funds, other than those designated out of the general funds of the
State, which are allocated from federal, county, or municipal sources, or from State
special fund sources, may be used to pay overtime to law enforcement employees and
cadets of the Maryland State Police holding a noncommissioned rank or OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF Natural Resources [Police] whether or not the maximum limits
for each rank listed above have been paid. A commissioned officer in the State Police or
an officer OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES above the rank of
sergeant [in the Natural Resources Police] OR ABOVE THE RANK OF PARK
RANGER III is not entitled to receive overtime compensation in any case, except that
compensatory time may be awarded for overtime performed by a commissioned officer
of the State Police or of the DEPARTMENT OF Natural Resources [Police] in excess
of 30 hours per fiscal year.

(5) Any LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF Natural Resources [police officer] who for any reason works any overtime, whether
or not the officer is paid monetary overtime compensation for that time, shall be
considered to be employed by the State during those hours for purposes of all other
employee entitlements. Commissioned officers may be awarded compensatory time for

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