Ch. 354

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

areas of public safety, [law enforcement,] crime prevention, correction, [treatment of
defective delinquents,] parole and probation.

4-102.

  (a) The following departments, agencies, boards, commissions, offices, divisions,
and units of the State government are included within the. Department of Public Safety
and Correctional Services: the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, the Division of
Correction established pursuant to § 4-105 of this article, the Patuxent Institution, the
Board of Review for Patuxent Institution, the State Fire Prevention Commission, the
office of State Fire Marshal, the Police Training Commission, THE CORRECTIONAL
TRAINING COMMISSION, THE MARYLAND COMMISSION ON CORRECTIONAL
STANDARDS, the Maryland Parole Commission, the Division of Parole and Probation
established pursuant to § 4-105 of this article, the Sundry Claims Board, the Division of
Pretrial Detention and Services, the Vehicle Theft Prevention Council established
pursuant to Subtitle 16 of this title, and such other agencies, boards, commissions,
councils, offices, or units of government as may hereafter pursuant to law be declared to
be part of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.

4-103.

(c) The appointment or removal of personnel by any board, commission, division,
[or] other agency, OR APPOINTING OFFICER within the jurisdiction of the Department
of Public Safety and Correctional Services shall be subject to the approval of the
Secretary; however the Secretary is authorized to delegate this power of approval to the
heads or governing bodies of the boards, commissions, divisions or other agencies within
the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.

4-104.

(c) (1) 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, AGENCY HEADS, OR
APPOINTING OFFICERS 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.

(2) (I) TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMY IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE STATE PERSONNEL AND PENSIONS ARTICLE AND THE STATE FINANCE
AND PROCUREMENT ARTICLE THE SECRETARY MAY TRANSFER, ASSIGN, OR
REASSIGN ANY FUNCTION, ACTIVITY, OR STAFF OF ANY UNIT WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT, TOGETHER WITH THE FUNDS AND EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH
THAT FUNCTION OR ACTIVITY, TO ANY OTHER UNIT WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT IN
ORDER TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMY.

(II) EXCEPT FOR A WARDEN. ASSISTANT WARDEN, OR A CHIEF OF
SECURITY OF A STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT
MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR REASSIGNED INVOLUNTARILY TO A WORKSITE THAT IS
MORE THAN 50 MILES FROM THE WORK SITE TO WHICH THE EMPLOYEE PREVIOUSLY
WAS ASSIGNED.

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