Ch. 387

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 387
(House Bill 39)

AN ACT concerning

State Police - Equipment for Local Law Enforcement

FOR the purpose of requiring that, whenever the State Police agrees to function as a
local police force in a county or municipality, all vehicles and other equipment used
for law enforcement shall be the property of the county or municipality that was a
participant in the agreement and may not revert to the State if the agreement is
terminated and the agreement between the State Police and county or municipality
is terminated, the value of certain equipment shall be depreciated in accordance
with a specified schedule and the Department of State Police shall reimburse the
county or municipality for the depreciated value; providing that if the State Police
assign a certain number of police employees to a county or municipality, the county
or municipality must give certain notice to the Department of State Police, and the
number of employees assigned shall be phased out over a specified period, if the
county or municipality desires to terminate the agreement; authorizing the
Department of State Police and a county or municipality to modify the manner
services are terminated under the agreement; defining a certain term; and generally
relating to the Department of State Police and the Resident Trooper Program.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 88B - Department of State Police
Section 63

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1995 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

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

Article 88B - Department of State Police

63.

(a) A Local Division is created in the Department, with the powers, duties,
functions, and employees provided in this subtitle.

(b) The board of county commissioners or county council of any county, or the
Mayor and City Council of the City of Baltimore, and the Secretary may conclude an
agreement that the Department act as and take over all or a portion of the functions of a
local police force for the county, or municipality. Local governing bodies are hereby
authorized and empowered to enter into such contractual agreements with municipalities
located therein for the participation of the municipalities in the contractual agreements
entered into by the local governing bodies and the Department. In Charles and St. Mary's
Counties municipalities also may enter into separate contractual agreements with the
Department.

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