WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 674

catastrophe, are applicable and may be applied during the
effective period of an official proclamation of the Governor of
this State declaring a portion or all of the particular area to
be within an emergency area, actual or threatened. The
provisions of this section do not qualify or reduce powers of
emergency management [and civil defense] agencies which for their
effectiveness do not depend upon the existence of an emergency or
upon a proclamation by the Governor.

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative Departments

4-105.

(a)  The Division of Correction is established and continued
as the same Department of Correctional Services hitherto
existing. The Division of Correction shall be part of the
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. The
Division of Correction shall have the powers, duties,
responsibilities and functions provided in the laws of this State
for the Department of Correctional Services. All references in
this Code, in any other laws of this State, or in ordinances,
resolutions, rules, regulations, legal actions, directives, or
documents to the Department of Correctional Services or the
Department of Correction or the Board of Correction, shall be
deemed to mean the Division of Correction. From and after July
1, 1970, all rights, powers, duties, obligations and functions
heretofore conferred upon or exercised by the Department of
Correctional Services shall be transferred to and be exercised by
the Division of Correction, subject to the authority of the
Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services as set forth
in §§ 4-102, 4-103, and 4-104 of this article or elsewhere in
this Code.

(b)  The Division of Parole and Probation is established and
continued as the same Department of Parole and Probation hitherto
existing. The Division of Parole and Probation shall be part of
the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. The
Division of Parole and Probation shall have the powers, duties,
responsibilities and functions provided in the laws of this State
for the Department of Parole and Probation. All references in
this Code, in any other laws of this State, or in ordinances,
resolutions, rules, regulations, legal actions, directives, or
documents to the Department of Parole and Probation shall be
deemed to mean the Division of Parole and Probation. From and
after July 1, 1970, all rights, powers, duties, obligations and
functions heretofore conferred upon or exercised by the
Department of Parole and Probation shall be transferred to and be
exercised by the Division of Parole and Probation subject to the
authority of the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional
Services as set forth in §§ 4-102, 4-103, and 4-104 of this
article or elsewhere in this Code.

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