1804                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 404

9.

(A)  The Department shall collect, analyze, and
disseminate information relative to the incidence of crime
within the State, the identity of known and suspected
offenders; and the arrest, disposition, and incarceration of
such offenders. All law enforcement agencies of the State
and all places for the confinement of persons convicted of
crime, . including Patuxent Institution and hospitals for the
criminally insane, shall furnish such information at such
times, in such form, and to such extent as may be prescribed
by rule of the Superintendent.

(B) (1) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT AND ANALYZE
INFORMATION RELATING TO INCIDENTS INSPIRED BY RACIAL HATRED,
SUCH AS THE BURNING OF CROSSES, POSTING OF SWASTIKAS, AND
OTHER ACTS CONNECTED WITH GROUPS THAT ADVOCATE THE NOTION OF
RACIAL PURITY APPARENTLY DIRECTED AGAINST RACIAL, RELIGIOUS,
OR ETHNIC GROUPS.

(2) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REQUEST SUCH
INFORMATION FROM THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS ALL LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND FROM THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS
STATE FIRE MARSHAL AND INCLUDE THE INFORMATION IN ITS
ANALYSES.

10.

(A)  Any information, records, and statistics collected
pursuant to this subtitle shall be available for use by any
agency required to furnish information, to the extent that
such information is. reasonably necessary or useful to such
agency in carrying out the duties imposed upon it by law.
The Superintendent may by rule establish such conditions for
the use or availability, of such information as may be
necessary to its preservation, the protection of
confidential information, or the circumstances of a pending
prosecution.

(B) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE MONTHLY REPORTS OF THE
INFORMATION RELATING TO INCIDENTS INSPIRED BY RACIAL HATRED
TO THE STATE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION.

(B)  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE MONTHLY REPORTS TO THE
STATE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION OF THE INFORMATION COMPILED
PURSUANT TO § 9(B) OF THIS ARTICLE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved May 12, 1981.

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