Ch. 3

1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

16-407.

(a)     There is [a special Maryland Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Enforcement] AN
INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES Unit under the Comptroller [and within the Alcohol and
Tobacco Tax Division], with such officers and employees as may be provided for in the
budget from time to time.

(b)     The officers and employees of the [Maryland Alcohol and Tobacco Tax
Enforcement] INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES Unit shall be sworn police officers and shall
have all the powers, duties and responsibilities of peace officers for the enforcement of
the provisions of this article having to do generally with (1) the illegal importation of
alcoholic beverages into this State; (2) the illegal manufacture of alcoholic beverages in
this State; (3) the transportation and/or distribution throughout this State of alcoholic
beverages which were manufactured illegally and/or on which any' alcoholic beverages
taxes imposed by this State are due and illegally unpaid; and (4) the manufacture, sale,
barter, transportation, distribution or other form of owning, handling or dispersing
alcoholic beverages by any person, persons, associations or corporation not licensed or
authorized therefor under the provisions of this article. They are authorized and
empowered, from time to time to make cooperative arrangements for and to work and
cooperate with the various State's attorneys, sheriffs, constables, bailiffs, police and other
prosecuting and peace officers of every sort, in order to enforce the provisions of this
article and as provided in this section.

(c)     The [Enforcement] INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES Unit shall consult and advise
with the several State's attorneys and other law enforcement officials and police officers
as to enforcement problems in their respective jurisdictions, and may make suggestions
and recommendations for changes to improve the execution and administration of the
provisions of this article.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Obsolete references to the Maryland Alcohol and Tobacco Tax
Enforcement Unit and the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division of the
Comptroller's Office in Article 2B, § 16-407.

Occurred: As a result of the reorganization of the Comptroller's Office on
October 12, 1993.

Noted: By Gerald Langbaum, Assistant Attorney General and Counsel to
the Comptroller, in a letter dated July 28,1994.

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

594B.

(g) For purposes of this section, the term "police officer" means any person who,
in [his] AN official capacity, is authorized by law to make arrests and who is:

(12) A member of the [Maryland Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Enforcement]
INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES Unit OF THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE;

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

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