MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

1173

AN ACT concerning

Corrective Bill — Higher Education

FOR the purpose of correcting technical errors in the
laws relating to higher education.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 77A — Higher Education

Section 15(g)(3), 70(c), 74 (c) (3)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1975 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 15(g)(3), 70(c), 74(c)(3) of
Article 77A — Higher Education, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1975 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) be
and they are hereby repealed and reenacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

Article 77A — Higher Education

15.

(g) (3) The board of regents of the University
of Maryland, in consultation with the Superintendent of
the Maryland State Police and the Maryland Police
Training Commission, shall establish and promulgate
standards, qualifications and prerequisites of character,
training, education, human and public relations and
experience for the University of Maryland police,
including standards for the performance of their duties.
However, the status of any presently qualified current
member of the University of Maryland police may not be
affected in the future by standards established and
promulgated relating to the minimum hiring qualifications
of University of Maryland police officers. To the extent
practical the board of regents of the University of
Maryland shall establish and promulgate standards which
are consistent with the standards for the Maryland State
Police. The University of Maryland shall establish rules
and regulations governing the operation and conduct for
the University of Maryland police which are consistent
with the standards established by [he] THE board of
regents. Members of the University of Maryland police
shall observe and comply with these rules and
regulations.

70.

(c) Anyone convicted of violating the [provision]
PROVISIONS of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more
than $1,000.00 or imprisoned for not more than six
months, or both.