PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                            H.B. 991

(v) Sections 276 through 302 (relating to drugs and other dangerous
substances), as they shall be amended from time to time.

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

(1)     A member of the Department of State Police;

(2)     A member of the Baltimore City Police Department;

(3)     A member of the Baltimore City School Police Force;

(4)     A member of the police department, bureau, or force of any county;

(5)     A member of the police department, bureau, or force of any
incorporated city or town, except Baltimore City, which is a "qualifying municipality", as
defined in § 66(a)(7) and § 69 of Article 88B of this Code;

(6)     A member of the Mass Transit Administration Police Force, or the
Maryland Port Administration Police Force of the Department of Transportation or the
Maryland Transportation Authority Police Force;

(7)     A member of the University of Maryland or Morgan State University
Police Force;

(8)     Appointed, or given the powers of, a special policeman employed and
compensated by the State for the enforcement of law and the maintenance of order on
property of the State or of any of its agencies, or for the protection of such property; a
member of the Department of General Services security force;

(9)     The sheriff of any county and whose usual duties include the making of
arrests;

(10)   A regularly employed deputy sheriff of any county and who is
compensated by the county and whose usual duties include the making of arrests;

(11)   A member of the Natural Resources Police of the Department of
Natural Resources;

(12)   A member of the Investigative Services Unit of the Comptroller's Office;

(13)   A member of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning
Commission Park Police;

(14)   Housing Authority of Baltimore City Police Force; or

(15)   A member of the Crofton Police Department.

(h) (1) (i) In this subsection the following words have the meanings
indicated.

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