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any order directing the law-enforcement agency to show cause why
the right should not be afforded.

734A.

The provisions of this subtitle are not intended to prohibit
summary punishment or emergency suspension by higher ranking
law-enforcement officers as may be designated by the head of a
law-enforcement agency.

(1)  Summary punishment may be imposed for minor violations
of departmental rules and regulations when: (i) The facts which
constitute the minor violation are not in dispute; (ii) the
officer waives the hearing provided by this subtitle; and (iii)
the officer accepts the punishment imposed by the highest ranking
officer of the unit to which the officer is attached.

(2)  Emergency suspension may be imposed by the chief when
it appears that the action is in the best interest of the public
and the law-enforcement agency. Any person so suspended shall be
entitled to a prompt hearing.

734B.

Except for the administrative hearing process provided for
in Article 41, § 70A concerning the certification enforcement
power of the Police Training Commission, the provisions of this
subtitle shall supercede any State, county or municipal law,
ordinance, or regulation that conflicts with the provisions of
this subtitle, and any local legislation shall be preempted by
the subject and material of this subtitle.

734C.

Any person who knowingly makes a false statement, report, or
complaint in the course of an investigation or any proceeding
conducted under the provisions of this subtitle is subject to the
same penalties as provided in Article 27, § 150.

734D.

Any officer may waive in writing any or all rights provided
in this subtitle.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety and having
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of
all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its
passage.

Approved May 21, 1985.