698                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                                Ch. 299

Approved May 7, 1973.

CHAPTER 300
(House Bill 320)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 63 of Article 88 B of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume), title "State
Police," subtitle "Local Division," [[to provide that certain municipalities may
contract with the Superintendent of the Maryland State Police in order that the
Local Division of the State Police provide police services to the municipality;]]
to provide that the State Police be reimbursed by a county [land/or
municipality]] for 75% of the cost of the police services of the Local Division to
the county and/or municipality; relating to the agreements for this serviced[[;]]
and generally to certain local police services in this State.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 63 of Article 88B of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume), title "State Police," subtitle "Local
Division," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

63.

(a)   A Local Division is created in the Department, with the powers, duties,
functions, and employees provided in this subtitle.

(b)  The board of county commissioners or county council of any county, [[THE
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OR ELECTED EXECUTIVES OF ANY
MUNICIPALITY SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 11E OF THE
CONSTITUTION,]] or the mayor and city council of the City of Baltimore, and
the Superintendent of the Department may conclude an agreement [(for a period
not in excess of five years, but renewable)] that the Department act as and take
over all or a portion of the functions of a local police force for the county,
AND/OR MUNICIPALITY. Local governing bodies are hereby authorized and
empowered to enter into such contractual agreements with municipalities located
therein for the participation of the municipalities in the contractual agreements
entered into by the local governing bodies and the State Police.

(c)  Under any such agreement, the Department within the county shall enforce
the public local laws of the county OR MUNICIPALITY and perform related
police services, in addition to its other and regular duties therein. For this purpose
the Department shall provide such employees, buildings, and facilities as may be
required by the agreement or, if not so required, as may be reasonable and proper
in the discretion of the Department to perform the objects of the agreement.

(d)   Every agreement shall provide that the reasonable and proper cost of the
Local Division, for and within the particular county [[, AND/OR
MUNICIPALITY]] BE DETERMINED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF
THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE AND THAT THE COUNTY [[,
AND/OR MUNICIPALITY]] SHALL REIMBURSE THE MARYLAND
STATE POLICE AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO 75% OF THE COST SO
DETERMINED [is the obligation of the county]. The agreement further shall
provide for the time and manner of payments by the county [[, AND/OR
MUNICIPALITY]] to the MARYLAND State POLICE to pay this obligation.