PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 352

4-104.

(c) The Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services may in his discretion
exercise or perform any power, duty, responsibility or function which any of the divisions,
boards, commissions, offices or other agencies within the jurisdiction of the Department
of Public Safety and Correctional Services are authorized to exercise or perform, except
for those powers, duties, responsibilities and functions set forth in [Article 38A, §§ 7(a)
and 14(a) of the Code, and] §§ 4-504(a) and (c), 4-507(b), 4-511, and 4-701 of this
article.

Article 88B - Department of State Police

1.

(A) The Department of State Police is established as a principal department of
State government, shall have powers and duties, and shall be administered in accordance
with this article.

(B) (1) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL INCLUDE THE FIRE PREVENTION
COMMISSION AND THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL AS PROVIDED BY
ARTICLE 38A OF THE CODE.

(2) THE DEPARTMENT ALSO INCLUDES ANY OTHER DIVISIONS,
AGENCIES, OFFICES, COMMISSIONS, BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COUNCILS, OR UNITS OF
GOVERNMENT AS DETERMINED BY THE SECRETARY OR ESTABLISHED BY LAW AS A
PART OF THE DEPARTMENT.

15.

(a) The Secretary shall have the power to make any rules necessary to promote
the effective and efficient performance of the duties of the Department and to insure the
good government of the Department and its employees.

(b) In supervising and directing the affairs of the Department and in exercising
the powers referred to in the preceding subsection, the authority of the Secretary shall
include, but shall not be limited to, the powers:

(1) To determine and establish the form of organization of the Department;

(2) To create subordinate organizational subdivisions within the
Department; to determine and define the functions, duties, and responsibilities of each
such organizational subdivision; and, from time to time, to reclassify and redefine the
functions, duties, and responsibilities of any departmental subdivision, whether created
by the Secretary or by law;

(3) To assign and reassign, allocate and reallocate, employees of the
Department to such duties, organizational subdivisions, and regional facilities of the
Department as in his judgment may be necessary to best serve the needs of the
Department and the public interest;

(4) To establish standards, qualifications, and prerequisites of character,
training, education, and experience for all employees;

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