1362

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 295

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 41 — Governor — Executive and
Administrative Departments

140.

(E) (1) THE SUPERINTENDENT OF BALTIMORE PUBLIC
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF ANNAPOLIS
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS SHALL PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A
SECURITY FORCE FOR THE FACILITIES AND PROPERTIES WHICH HE
EACH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING AND GUARDING. THE
PURPOSE OF THIS EACH FORCE IS TO PROTECT PERSONS AND
PROPERTY; TO DISPERSE ASSEMBLAGES WHICH ARE UNLAWFUL,
DANGEROUS, OR OBSTRUCT FULL AND FREE PASSAGE; TO CONTROL
PEDESTRIAN OR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC; AND OTHERWISE TO PRESERVE
AND TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, AND SAFETY. FOR

THESE PURPOSES, A MEMBER OF THIS FORCE ONE OF THESE__FORCES

IS A PEACE AND POLICE OFFICER AND HAS THE SAME POWERS AS
SHERIFFS, CONSTABLES, POLICE, AND PEACE OFFICERS IN THEIR
RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS.

           (2) THE SUPERINTENDENT OF BALTIMORE PUBLIC

BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS SHALL ESTABLISH SPEED LIMITS AND

PARKING REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN

TRAFFIC ON OR WITHIN PARKING GARAGES, SURFACE PARKING LOTS,

STREETS, AND SIDEWALKS ON OR WITHIN THE FACILITIES AND

PROPERTY WHICH HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING AND

GUARDING. FOR THESE PURPOSES, HE MAY ADOPT ANY ORDINANCES,

LAWS, OR REGULATIONS CONTROLLING AND REGULATING PARKING OF

MOTOR VEHICLES, AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR IMPOUNDMENT, WHICH ARE

IN EFFECT IN BALTIMORE CITY OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS

OR MUNICIPALITIES IN WHICH THE FACILITIES AND PROPERTY ARE

LOCATED. HE SHALL CONSULT WITH THE BALTIMORE CITY TRANSIT

AND TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT OR OTHER APPROPRIATE AGENCIES IN

WHOSE JURISDICTION THE FACILITIES AND PROPERTY ARE LOCATED

TO ENSURE THAT ALL TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNS, SIGNALS, MARKINGS,

AND DEVICES PLACED OR ERECTED ON OR WITHIN THE FACILITIES
AND PROPERTY ARE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE PLACED OR ERECTED BY

BALTIMORE CITY OR THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OR

MUNICIPALITIES IN WHICH THE FACILITIES AND PROPERTY ARE

LOCATED. MEMBERS OF THE BALTIMORE PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND
GROUNDS SECURITY FORCE SHALL ISSUE CITATIONS FOR VIOLATIONS

OF THE PARKING REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF

BALTIMORE PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS WHICH ARE SIMILAR TO

THE CITATIONS ISSUED FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS IN BALTIMORE

CITY OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OR MUNICIPALITIES IN

WHICH THE FACILITIES AND PROPERTY ARE LOCATED.

(2) THE SUPERINTENDENT OF BALTIMORE PUBLIC

BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS SHALL ESTABLISH SPEED LIMITS AND

PARKING AND IMPOUNDING REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF VEHICULAR