HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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to provide information, facilities, or technical   assistance to an

investigative or law enforcement officer who,   pursuant to this

subtitle, is authorized to intercept a wire or oral
communication.

(2)  It is lawful under this subtitle for an
investigative or law enforcement officer acting in a criminal
investigation or any other person acting at the prior direction
and under the supervision of an investigative or law enforcement
officer to intercept a wire or oral communication in order to
provide evidence of the commission of the offenses of murder,
kidnapping, gambling, robbery, any felony punishable under the
"Arson and Burning" subheading of Article 27, bribery, extortion,
or dealing in controlled dangerous substances, including
violations of Article 27, § 286B or § 287A, or any conspiracy to
commit any of these offenses, or where any person has created a
barricade situation and probable cause exists for the
investigative or law enforcement officer to believe a hostage or
hostages may be involved, where the person is a party to the
communication or one of the parties to the communication has
given prior consent to the interception.

(3)  It is lawful under this subtitle for a person to
intercept a wire or oral communication where the person is a
party to the communication and where all of the parties to the
communication have given prior consent to the interception unless
the communication is intercepted for the purpose of committing
any criminal or tortious act in violation of the Constitution or
laws of the United States or of this State or for the purpose of
committing any other injurious act.

(4)  It is lawful under this subtitle for an officer,
employee, or agent of a governmental emergency communications
center to intercept a wire or oral communication where the
officer, agent or employee is a party to a conversation
concerning an emergency.

(5)  (I) IT IS LAWFUL UNDER THIS SUBTITLE FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL TO UTILIZE BODY WIRES AND INTERCEPT WIRE OR
TO INTERCEPT ORAL COMMUNICATIONS IN THE COURSE OF A CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION IF THERE IS REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT A LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S SAFETY MAY BE IN JEOPARDY.

(II) COMMUNICATIONS INTERCEPTED UNDER THIS
PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT BE RECORDED AND MAY NOT BE USED AGAINST THE
DEFENDANT IN A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING.

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

May 27, 1986