WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 273

CHAPTER 273

(House Bill 1568)

AN ACT concerning

Harford County - Special Deputy Sheriffs

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Sheriff of Harford County to
appoint as special deputy sheriffs who are the chiefs of
police of Harford County municipal police forces or members
of the police forces of Harford County municipalities and
who are certified by the Maryland Police Training

Commission; specifying coverage of employee benefits,

security, and liability insurance; and providing that

certain special deputy sheriffs are not employees of Harford
County; making this Act an emergency measure; and generally
relating to the appointment of special deputy sheriffs by
the Sheriff of Harford County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 2-309(n)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

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

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

2-309.

(n) (1) The Sheriff of Harford County shall receive a
salary of $35,000. He shall appoint the number of deputies at
the compensation provided in the county budget.

(2)(I) THE SHERIFF MAY APPOINT SPECIAL DEPUTY

SHERIFFS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCES OF HARFORD COUNTY
MUNICIPALITIES AND WHO ARE CERTIFIED BY THE MARYLAND POLICE
TRAINING COMMISSION.

(II) A SPECIAL DEPUTY SHERIFF IS NOT AN

EMPLOYEE OF HARFORD COUNTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY
OR EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.

(III) A SPECIAL DEPUTY SHERIFF IS COVERED BY
COUNTY LIABILITY INSURANCE WITHIN ITS TERMS ONLY WHEN THE SPECIAL
DEPUTY IS ACTING IN THE OFFICIAL CAPACITY OF SPECIAL DEPUTY
SHERIFF.

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