318                                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                                      Ch. 99

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1986.

Approved April 8, 1986.

CHAPTER 99

(House Bill 207)

AN ACT concerning

Forest and Park Law Enforcement Officers - Jurisdiction

FOR the purpose of granting forest and park law enforcement
officers enforcement powers on certain properties managed by
the Department of Natural Resources and on waters of the
State contiguous to property within one mile of the
shoreline of all properties owned by the Department; and
generally relating to the enforcement powers of forest and
park law enforcement officers.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources

Section 5-206(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

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

Article - Natural Resources

5-206.

(b) The Secretary may commission any employee of the
Department as a law enforcement officer. An employee so
commissioned and assigned law enforcement duties has and may
exercise the powers of a natural resources police officer or a
law enforcement officer of the State. These powers may be
exercised upon:

(1)  Properties owned by the State and managed by the
Department [pursuant to this title];

(2)  Railroad rights-of-way and utility properties
which are not owned by the State, but which traverse properties
owned by the State and managed by the Department [pursuant to
this title];