Ch. 575

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, notwithstanding §
37-202(a) of the State Personnel and Pensions Article, a State employee who is a member
of a State system may transfer service credit from a local retirement or pension system for
a period of employment with a county or municipal corporation if the employee:

(1)     was employed by the State within 60 days after termination of the
employment with the county or municipal corporation;

(2)     was not employed by any other employer after termination of
employment with the county or municipal corporation and before employment with the
State;

(3)     is not receiving any benefit under the former system;

(4)     waives entitlement to any benefits under the former system; and

(5)     submits a written request for the transfer of service credit on or before
December 31, 1996.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall be construed
retroactively to apply to any individual who became a State employee on or after January
1, 1990 through June 30, 1996.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1996.

Approved May 23, 1996.

CHAPTER 575
(Senate Bill 312)

AN ACT concerning

Local Detention Centers— Correctional Officers - Limited Power to Arrest County and
Municipal Facilities - Power to Make Arrests

FOR the purpose of requiring authorizing certain sheriffs to designate correctional
officers in each detention center under the jurisdiction of the sheriffs to have
certain limited powers to arrest; authorizing certain correctional officers of local
detention centers to moke arrests without a warrant under certain circumstances;
and generally relating to correctional officers in local detention centers and the
limited power to arrest the head administrative officer of a county and municipal
correctional facility to designate correctional officers employed by the facility to have the
power to make arrests; establishing a certain exception; specifying the arrest powers for
correctional officers designated by the head administrative officer under this Act-
requiring correctional officers empowered to make arrests under this Act to meet certain
qualifications; and generally relating to the power of correctional officers in county and
municipal facilities to make arrests.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

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