1766                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 156

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

BY repealing

Article 38A - Fires and Investigations

Section 8(i)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

BY renumbering

Article 38A - Fires and Investigations

Section 8(j), (k), and (1), respectively

to be Section 8(i), (j), and (k), respectively

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

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

Article 38A - Fires and Investigations

7.

(c) (1) A fire marshal OR APPROPRIATE FIRE OFFICIAL legally
designated by a county or municipal corporation of the State
shall serve as [deputy] ASSISTANT State fire marshal, without
compensation, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
this article, including issuance of orders, in that county or
municipal corporation. Where there is no legally designated fire
marshal in a county or municipal corporation, the State Fire
Marshal shall carry out the provisions of this article therein.

(I)  THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR AN ASSISTANT
STATE FIRE MARSHAL SHALL BE THE COMPLETION OF NATIONAL FIRE
PROTECTION ASSOCIATION (NFPA) STANDARD 1031 - FIRE INSPECTOR I OR
THE EQUIVALENT, AS DETERMINED BY THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL.
HOWEVER, ALL LEGALLY APPOINTED DEPUTY STATE FIRE MARSHALS OR
SPECIAL DEPUTY STATE FIRE MARSHALS SERVING AS OF JULY 1, 1985,
ARE EXEMPT FROM THE MINIMUM STANDARD PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL MAY ADMINISTER AN EXAMINATION BASED UPON
NFPA 1031 BEFORE A PERSON IS CERTIFIED AS AN ASSISTANT STATE FIRE
MARSHAL.

(II)  UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE STATE FIRE
MARSHAL, AN ASSISTANT OR SPECIAL ASSISTANT STATE FIRE MARSHAL MAY
BE REMOVED AFTER AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING FOR JUST CAUSE BY A
MAJORITY DECISION OF THE STATE FIRE PREVENTION COMMISSION.

(2) UPON THE ADVICE OF AN ASSISTANT STATE FIRE
MARSHAL, THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL MAY DESIGNATE AS A SPECIAL
ASSISTANT STATE FIRE MARSHAL, A MEMBER OF ANY FIRE DEPARTMENT,