WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                            Ch. 345

(2) SET THE DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF AND PROCEDURES
GOVERNING SPECIAL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

(B)      SUBJECT TO THE ORDINANCE ADOPTED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS
SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER MAY:

(1)      APPOINT AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY TO BE A SPECIAL TRAFFIC
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER; AND

(2)      REVOKE THE APPOINTMENT OF A SPECIAL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER AT ANY TIME.

(C)     THE COMMISSIONER SHALL KEEP A RECORD OF SPECIAL TRAFFIC
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER APPOINTMENTS.

(D)     THE COMMISSIONER SHALL APPROVE THE FORM OF BADGE AND THE
TYPE OF UNIFORM THAT A SPECIAL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WEARS.

(E)      (1) EXCEPT AS LIMITED BY PARAGRAPH (4) (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION,
AND ONLY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES ELIGIBLE FOR INCLUSION IN THE DOWNTOWN
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AUTHORIZED BY CHAPTER 604 OF THE ACTS OF THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF 1992. A SPECIAL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OFFICER HAS THE SAME
AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE CONTROL AND DIRECT PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR
TRAFFIC UNDER THE MARYLAND VEHICLE LAW AND BALTIMORE CITY ORDINANCES
REGULATING MOTOR VEHICLES AS A POLICE OFFICER.

(2)      A SPECIAL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MAY:

(I) DIRECT VEHICLE TRAFFIC ON CITY STREETS; AND

(II) ISSUE CITATIONS, REQUIRING INDIVIDUALS TO APPEAR
BEFORE THE APPROPRIATE DIVISION OF THE DISTRICT COURT, FOR A VIOLATION
WITHIN THE CITY OF THE MARYLAND VEHICLE LAW OR A BALTIMORE CITY
ORDINANCE REGULATING MOTOR VEHICLES.

(3)      A CITATION ISSUED BY A SPECIAL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
HAS THE SAME LEGAL EFFECT AS IF THE CITATION WAS ISSUED BY A POLICE
OFFICER.

(4)      (2) A SPECIAL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OFFICER HAS NO POWER
TO:

(I) ISSUE CITATIONS FOR MOVING VIOLATIONS OTHER THAN FOR A
FAILURE TO OBEY LAWFUL TRAFFIC DIRECTION OR TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES; OR

(II) MAKE ARRESTS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1993.

Approved May 11, 1993.

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