Ch. 352

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(b) Upon request by the State Fire Marshal, or by an appropriate authority that
the State Fire Marshal designates by rule, an applicant for appointment or employment
shall furnish a classifiable set of fingerprints on a form approved by the Director of the
Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES to the State Fire Marshal or the
designated authority, for submission to the Criminal Justice Information System Central
Repository OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
for a criminal [record] HISTORY RECORDS check and for forwarding to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation for a national [record] CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS check.

(c) If a county, Baltimore City, or a municipal corporation has legally designated
a fire marshal to serve as deputy State fire marshal, an applicant in that jurisdiction shall,
upon request, furnish the fingerprints to that deputy fire marshal, for submission to the
Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES for a criminal [record] HISTORY
RECORDS check and for forwarding to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national
[record] CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS check.

(d) A fire department or rescue squad operated by the State or its political
subdivisions and a volunteer fire company or rescue squad may obtain conviction and
arrest records which are the products of a criminal [record] HISTORY RECORDS check
based on a classifiable set of, fingerprints.

(e) Any volunteer or paid fire company or rescue squad may consider the
existence of a criminal conviction in determining whether or not an applicant will be
appointed or employed.

45A.

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "County" includes Baltimore City.

(c) (1) "Expenditures for fire protection" or "expend for fire protection" means
county revenues appropriated or to be appropriated for fire protection and the proceeds
of any county bonds used to finance facilities that house fire protection apparatus and
equipment.

(2) "Expenditures for fire protection" or "expend for fire protection" does
not include:

(i) Salaries, workers' compensation, fringe benefits, or other
personnel, except training, or administrative costs; or

(ii) In Carroll County, appropriations for loans to a volunteer fire,
rescue, or ambulance company, secured by mortgages, notes, or other evidence of
indebtedness of the volunteer fire, rescue, or ambulance company, if the appropriations
derive from the proceeds of bonds to finance facilities that house fire protection
apparatus and equipment.

(d) "Fire protection" includes rescue and ambulance services.

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