Ch. 3

1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

2-309.

(j) (1) The salary for the Sheriff of Charles County is equal to the salary of a
State Police major, Step 4, under the DEPARTMENT OF State Police pay plan in effect on
the day prior to the day that the Sheriff begins a term of office.

(2) ^: Any change in the salary paid under the DEPARTMENT OF State Police
pay plan during the term of office of the Sheriff may not apply to the incumbent Sheriff,
but the changed rate shall take effect at the beginning of the next following term of office.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Subsection (j)(1) and (2) of this section is amended to reflect the
establishment of the Department of State Police as a principal department of
State government by Chs. 165 and 166, Acts of 1994.

5-327.

A federal law enforcement officer who exercises the powers set forth under Article
27, § 594B of the Code has the same legal status and immunity from suit as a [Maryland]
State Police officer.                                                                             

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

This section is amended to delete surplus language.

10-404.

Any electronic, mechanical, or other device used, manufactured, assembled,
possessed, or sold, in violation of § 10-402 or § 10-403 of this subtitle may be seized and
forfeited to the Department of [Public Safety and Correctional Services of the State of
Maryland] STATE POLICE.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

This section is amended to clarify that devices covered by this section are
actually forfeited to the Department of State Police. Before the enactment of
Chs. 165 and 166, Acts of 1994, the reference to Department of Public Safety
and Correctional Services included the State Police since the State Police
were part of that department. Chapters 165 and 166, Acts of 1994, however,
made the State Police a separate department. Consequently, a reference to
the Department of State Police is substituted for the reference to the
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services so that devices will
continue to be forfeited to the Department of State Police.

10-411.

(a) Law enforcement agencies in the State shall register with the Department of
[Public Safety and Correctional Services] STATE POLICE all electronic, mechanical or
other devices whose design renders them primarily useful for the purpose of the

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