H.B. 991

VETOES

State House
Annapolis MD 21401

Dear Mr. Speaker:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Constitution, I have today
vetoed House Bill 991.

This bill authorizes administrators for detention centers who are not sheriffs to designate
correctional officers in each center the authority to make arrests on the property of the
center.

Senate Bill 312, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me on this
date, accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign House
Bill 991.

Sincerely,

Parris N. Glendening

Governor

House Bill No. 991

AN ACT concerning

Correctional Officers — County and Municipal Facilities - Power to Make Arrests

FOR the purpose of authorizing 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,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 594B

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 684B

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

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