2476                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [Ch. 722

OF THE WITNESSES WHO TESTIFY, AND MAY SUBMIT REBUTTAL
EVIDENCE.

(E) THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE CONDUCTING THE
HEARING MAY TAKE NOTICE OF JUDICIALLY COGNIZABLE FACTS
AND, IN ADDITION, MAY TAKE NOTICE OF GENERAL, TECHNICAL
OR SCIENTIFIC FACTS WITHIN ITS SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE.
PARTIES SHALL BE NOTIFIED BEFOREHAND OF THE MATERIAL SO
NOTICED.

731.

ANY DECISION, ORDER OR ACTION TAKEN AS A RESULT OF
THE HEARING SHALL BE IN WRITING AND SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED
BY FINDINGS OF FACT. THE FINDINGS SHALL CONSIST OF A
CONCISE STATEMENT UPON EACH ISSUE IN THE CASE. A COPY OF
THE DECISION OR ORDER AND ACCOMPANYING FINDINGS AND
CONCLUSIONS, ALONG WITH WRITTEN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
ACTION, SHALL BE DELIVERED OR MAILED PROMPTLY TO THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR TO HIS ATTORNEY OR REPRESENTATIVE
OF RECORD.

732.

APPEAL FROM DECISIONS RENDERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTIONS 730 AND 731 SHALL BE TAKEN PURSUANT TO MARYLAND
RULE B2.

733.

[[(G) RETALIATION FOR EXERCISING RIGHTS. -]] NO LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SHALL BE DISCHARGED, DISCIPLINED,
DEMOTED, OR DENIED PROMOTION, TRANSFER, OR REASSIGNMENT,
OR OTHERWISE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN REGARD TO HIS
EMPLOYMENT OR BE THREATENED WITH ANY SUCH TREATMENT, BY
REASON OF HIS EXERCISE OF OR DEMAND FOR THE RIGHTS
GRANTED IN THIS SUBTITLE[[.]] , OR BY REASON OF THE
LAWFUL EXERCISE OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

734.

ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO IS DENIED ANY RIGHT
AFFORDED BY THIS SUBTITLE MAY APPLY, EITHER INDIVIDUALLY
OR THROUGH HIS CERTIFIED OR RECOGNIZED EMPLOYEE
ORGANIZATION, TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE DISTRICT WHERE
HE RESIDES OR IS REGULARLY EMPLOYED FOR ANY ORDER
DIRECTING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO SHOW CAUSE WHY
THE RIGHT SHOULD NOT BE AFFORDED.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That all laws
or parts of laws, public general or public local,
inconsistent with this Act, are repealed to the extent of
the inconsistency.