2256                                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                         [Ch. 665

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
594B.

(f) For purposes of this section, the term "police
officer" means any person who, in his official capacity,
is authorized by law to make arrests and who is:

(1)   A member of the Maryland State Police; or

(2)    A member of the Baltimore City police
department; or

(3)    A member of the police department, bureau, or
force of any county; or

(4)   A member of the police department, bureau or
force of any incorporated city or town, except Baltimore
City, which is a "qualifying municipality,'1 as defined in
§ 37 (a) (7) and § 39 of Article 15A of this Code; or

(5)    A MEMBER OF THE STATE AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
POLICE FORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OR THE
TOLL FACILITIES POLICE FORCE OF THE MARYLAND
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY; OR

[(5) Who is] (6) [appointed] APPOINTED, or given
the powers of, a special policeman employed and
compensated by the State for the enforcement of law and
the maintenance of order on property of the State or of
any of its agencies, or for the protection of such
property; or

[(6) Who is] (7) [the] THE sheriff of any county or
of Baltimore City and whose usual duties include the
making of arrests; or

[(7) Who is] (8) [a] A regularly employed deputy
sheriff of any county and who is compensated by the
county and whose usual duties include the making of
arrests.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Section 41 be and it is hereby added to Article 1A —
Aeronautics, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968
Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) to read as
follows:

Article 1A — Aeronautics
41.

(A) A MEMBER OF THE STATE AVIATION ADMINISTRATION