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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 496

CHAPTER 496

(House Bill 1715)

AN ACT concerning

Militia - Full-Time Support Personnel

FOR the purpose of redesignating which members of the Maryland
National Guard have certain powers; and deleting a certain
reference.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 65 - Militia
Section 8A

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1983 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 65 - Militia

8A.

All members of the Maryland National Guard, who are
designated by the Adjutant General of Maryland as National Guard
[on-site technicians] FULL-TIME SUPPORT PERSONNEL pursuant to the
provisions of 32 U.S.C.A. 709 and who are under the control or
jurisdiction of the Military Department, State of Maryland, and
who are acting in such capacity, are hereby invested, in and for
the military area to which assigned, with the same police power,
authority and status, with respect to criminal matters and the
enforcement of the law relating thereto, as sheriffs, constables,
police or peace officers possess and exercise in their respective
jurisdictions; and all such persons shall also have all the
immunities and matters of defense now available, or such as
hereafter may be made available, to sheriffs, constables, police
or peace officers, in any suit, criminal or civil, brought
against them in consequence of acts done in the course of their
employment and duty.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved May 15, 1984.