2868

LANS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 609

to be under the new subtitle "Maryland Fire

and Rescue Institute"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1969 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Sections 27AF, 27AG, 27AH, 27AI, 27AJ,
27AK, and 27AL to be under the new subtitle "Maryland
Fire and Rescue Institute" be and they are hereby added
to Article 77A — Higher Education, of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and 1971 Supplement)
to read as follows:

Article 77A — Higher Education

MARYLAND FIRE AND RESCUE INSTITUTE

27AF.

(A)    AS USED IN THIS SUBTITLE, THE FOLLOWING WORDS
HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED.

(B)   "INSTITUTE" MEANS THE MARYLAND FIRE AND RESCUE
INSTITUTE.

(C)    "EXTENSION" MEANS THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
FIRE SERVICES EXTENSION.

27AG.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUBTITLE IS TO PROVIDE FOR AN
INSTITUTE WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND WHICH WILL
PROVIDE INFORMATIONAL SERVICES AND EXTENSIVE TRAINING
FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR PROFESSIONAL AND VOLUNTEER
FIREFIGHTERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, IN COOPERATION WITH
EXISTING FIREFIGHTING SCHOOLS OR ACADEMIES IN THE STATE,
AND WHICH WILL PROVIDE CERTAIN BASIC TRAINING FOR RESCUE
AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL IN THE STATE, IN
COOPERATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL
HYGIENE.

27AH.

(A)    MARYLAND FIRE AND RESCUE INSTITUTE IS CREATED
AS A PART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND.

(B)   ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, THE DUTIES
AND SERVICES PERFORMED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FIRE
SERVICES EXTENSION SHALL BE TRANSFERRED TO AND BECOME
FUNCTIONS OF THE MARYLAND FIRE AND RESCUE INSTITUTE. THE
FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, ASSETS, AND LIABILITIES OF THE
EXTENSION SHALL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE INSTITUTE.