executing the duties of the law enforcement officer, EMERGENCY SERVICES
PERSONNEL, or educator shall immediately be forwarded to the State's Attorney.
(c) (1) Upon receiving an application filed in District Court requesting that
a statement of charges be filed against a law enforcement officer, EMERGENCY
SERVICES PERSONNEL, or an educator, the State's Attorney shall:
(i) Investigate the circumstances of the matter; and
(ii) Make a recommendation to the District Court Commissioner as
to whether a statement of charges should he filed against the law enforcement officer,
EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL, or the educator.
(2) If the State's Attorney recommends to a District Court Commissioner
that a statement of charges be filed against a law enforcement officer, EMERGENCY
SERVICES PERSONNEL, or an educator, the State's Attorney shall also make a
recommendation as to whether a summons or warrant should issue.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Code or the Maryland Rules, a
statement of charges for an offense allegedly committed in the course of executing the
duties of the law enforcement officer, EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL, or the
educator may not be filed against a law enforcement officer, EMERGENCY SERVICES
PERSONNEL, or educator until the State's Attorney has investigated the
circumstances of the matter and made recommendations to the District Court
Commissioner in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
(e) This section may not be construed to preclude the State's Attorney from
making a determination that an information should be filed against a law
enforcement officer, EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL, or an educator or that a
grand jury should be convened to determine whether an indictment should be filed.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1999.
Approved May 13, 1999.
CHAPTER 430
(House Bill 544)
AN ACT concerning
Evidence - Paid Bills for Goods or Services
FOR the purpose of providing that certain evidentiary provisions concerning the
admissibility of paid bills for goods or services apply to certain cases originally
filed in a circuit court; clarifying language; providing for the application of this
Act; and generally relating to the admissibility of paid bills for goods or services
to prove as evidence of certain matters in certain civil trials.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
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