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2005 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 203
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(1) the county executive and county council of a charter county with a
county executive;
(2) the county council of a charter county with no county executive;
(3) the board of county commissioners of a county; or
(4) the mayor and council, by whatever name known, of a municipal
corporation.
(b) By action as in the regular routine for legislative enactment, the governing
body of a county or municipal corporation may determine the circumstances under
which the police officers and other officers, agents, and employees of the county or
municipal corporation, together with all necessary equipment, may lawfully go or be
sent beyond the boundaries of the county or municipal corporation to any place within
or outside the State.
(c) (1) The acts done by the police officers or other officers, agents, or
employees of a county or municipal corporation under the authority of subsection (b)
of this section and the expenditures made by the county or municipal corporation are
considered to be for a public and governmental purpose.
(2) When a county or municipal corporation is acting through its police
officers or other officers, agents, or employees for a public or governmental purpose
beyond its boundaries under this section or other lawful authority, the county or
municipal corporation has the same immunities from liability that the county or
municipal corporation has when acting through its police officers or other officers,
agents, or employees for a public or governmental purpose within its boundaries.
(3) When the police officers or other officers, agents, or employees of a
county or municipal corporation are acting beyond the boundaries of the county or
municipal corporation within the State under this section or other lawful authority,
the police officers and other officers, agents, and employees of the county or municipal
corporation have the same immunity from liability described in § 5-612 of the Courts
Article and exemptions from laws, ordinances, and regulations, and the same
pension, relief, disability, workers' compensation, and other benefits as those persons
have while performing their duties within the boundaries of the county or municipal
corporation.
(d) In accordance with subsection (b) of this section, Allegany County and a
municipal corporation in that county may make a reciprocal agreement to provide
police officers and other officers, employees, and agents, together with all necessary
equipment.
(e) (1) The governing body of a county or municipal corporation or the
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission may make a reciprocal
agreement for the period that it considers advisable with the District of Columbia or
a county, municipal corporation, or the Maryland-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, within or outside the State, and establish and carry out a plan
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