HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1799

OTHERWISE USED ONLY WHILE ON ROUTE TO OR AT THE SCENE OF AN
ACCIDENT, FLOOD, OR OTHER EMERGENCY TO WHICH THE VOLUNTEER
FIRE COMPANY IS RESPONDING.

Article 15 — Kent County

200-A.

THE FIRE CHIEF, HIS TWO CHIEF DEPUTIES OR HIS
DESIGNATED FIRST AND SECOND-CHIEF ASSISTANTS FIRE POLICE OF
EACH VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY IN KENT COUNTY MAY HAVE THEIR
VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH RED OR WHITE, OR RED AND WHITE AMBER
LIGHTS OR SIGNAL DEVICES DESIGNED TO EMIT AN OSCILLATING,
ROTATING, BLINKING, OR OTHER TYPE OF EMISSION OF LIGHT. THE
LIGHTS OR SIGNAL DEVICES MAY BE FLASHED OR OSCILLATED OR
OTHERWISE USED ONLY WHILE ON ROUTE TO OR AT THE SCENE OF AN
ACCIDENT, FLOOD, OR OTHER EMERGENCY TO WHICH THE VOLUNTEER
FIRE COMPANY IS RESPONDING.

12-2.

THE FIRE CHIEF, HIS TWO CHIEF DEPUTIES OR HIS

DESIGNATED FIRST AND SECOND CHIEF ASSISTANTS OF EACH

VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY IN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY MAY HAVE THEIR
VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH RED OR WHITE, OR BED AND WHITE LIGHTS
OR SIGNAL DEVICES DESIGNED TO EMIT AN OSCILLATING, ROTATING,

BLINKING, OR OTHER TYPE OF EMISSION OF LIGHT.--- THE LIGHTS OR

SIGNAL DEVICES MAY BE FLASHED OR OSCILLATED OR OTHERWISE

USED ONLY WHILE ON ROUTE TO OR AT THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT,

FLOOD, OR OTHER EMERGENCY TO WHICH THE VOLUNTEER FIRE

COMPANY IS RESPONDING.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That section(s)
of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed, amended, or
enacted to read as follows:

Article 87 - Sheriffs

53.

(b) (1) The provisions of this subtitle are
applicable in Carroll County, Cecil County, [and] Frederick
County, AND KENT COUNTY, respectively, except as modified
[herein] IN THIS SECTION. THE SHERIFF OF KENT COUNTY SHALL
APPOINT NOT MORE THAN THREE MEMBERS OF ANY VOLUNTEER FIRE
COMPANY IN KENT COUNTY AS DEPUTIES TO FUNCTION AS FIRE
POLICE. The sheriff of [the county] CARROLL COUNTY, CECIL
COUNTY, AND FREDERICK COUNTY shall appoint not more than six
members of any fire company as deputies to function as fire
police. The powers of [such] THE deputies are limited to
those necessary to perform their duties when functioning as
fire police at parades, accidents, floods, or other
emergencies, or at any public function conducted by, or
under the auspices of, any volunteer fire company. Such