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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor
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H.B. 224
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accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign House
Bill 224.
Very truly yours,
Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.
Governor
House Bill No. 224
AN ACT concerning
Anne Arundel County and the City of Annapolis - Fire and Explosive
Investigators - Authority
FOR the purpose of providing that, under certain circumstances, an Anne Arundel
County or City of Annapolis fire and explosive investigator operating in Anne
Arundel County or the City of Annapolis has the same authority as the State
Fire Marshal and a full-time investigative and inspection assistant in the Office
of the State Fire Marshal to make an arrest without a warrant and exercise
certain powers of arrest; authorizing an Anne Arundel County or City of
Annapolis fire and explosive investigator to exercise certain authority while
operating outside Anne Arundel County or the City of Annapolis under certain
circumstances; authorizing the Anne Arundel County or City of Annapolis Fire
Chief to limit certain authority of a fire and explosive investigator to make an
arrest without a warrant or exercise certain powers of arrest; requiring the Fire
Chief to express the limitation in writing; excluding an Anne Arundel County or
City of Annapolis fire and explosive investigator from the definition of "law
enforcement officer" under the law relating to the Law Enforcement Officers'
Bill of Rights; including an Anne Arundel County or City of Annapolis fire and
explosive investigator in the definition of "police officer" in connection with
provisions of law relating to the Maryland Police Training Commission and the
authorized carrying of a handgun by a person engaged in law enforcement;
defining a certain term; requiring the Maryland Police Training Commission to
certify certain fire and explosive investigators as police officers under certain
circumstances; and generally relating to the authority of Anne Arundel County
and City of Annapolis fire and explosive investigators.
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Criminal Law
Section 4-201(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Volume and 2004 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Criminal Law
Section 4-201(d)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Volume and 2004 Supplement)
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