Ch. 674                                       LAWS OF MARYLAND

(c) The Maryland State Police shall be an agency of the
State government, and such agency is established and continued as
the same Department of the Maryland State Police hitherto
existing. The Maryland State Police shall be part of the
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. The
Maryland State Police shall have the powers, duties,
responsibilities and functions provided in the laws of this State
for the Department of the Maryland State Police. 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 the Maryland State Police shall be
deemed to mean the Maryland State Police. From and after July 1,
1970, all rights, powers, duties, obligations and functions
heretofore conferred upon or exercised by the Department of the
Maryland State Police, shall be transferred to and be exercised
by the Department of the Maryland State Police, 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.

[(d) The State Emergency Management and Civil Defense
Agency shall be an agency of the State government, and such
agency is established and continued as the same Maryland Civil
Defense and Disaster Preparedness Agency hitherto existing. The
State Emergency Management and Civil Defense Agency shall be part
of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. The
State Emergency Management and Civil Defense Agency shall have
the powers, duties, responsibilities and functions provided in
the laws of this State for the Maryland Civil Defense and
Disaster Preparedness Agency. 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
Maryland Civil Defense and Disaster Preparedness Agency shall be
deemed to mean the State Emergency Management and Civil Defense
Agency. From and after July 1, 1981, all rights, powers, duties,
obligations and functions heretofore conferred upon or exercised
by the Maryland Civil Defense and Disaster Preparedness Agency
shall be transferred to and be exercised by the State Emergency
Management and Civil Defense Agency, subject to the authority of
the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services as set
forth in this Code.]

[(e)] (D) The Advisory Board of the Department of
Correction, the Advisory Board of the Department of Parole and
Probation, and the Coordinating Council for Correctional
Services, are all hereby abolished.

Article 65 - Militia

15A.

THE MARYLAND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY IS AN AGENCY OF THE
STATE GOVERNMENT AND IS PART OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENT.

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