(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, each member
of a volunteer police department is a covered employee.

(2) A member of a volunteer police department in Allegany, Carroll,
Cecil, Charles, [Frederick,] Garrett, Queen Anne's, St. Mary's, Somerset,
Washington, or Worcester County is not a covered employee.

(3) For the purposes of this title, the political subdivision of the State
where the department is organized is the employer of the covered employee in the
department.

9-233.

(A) Each volunteer deputy sheriff of Cecil County is a covered employee while
performing work assigned by the sheriff of the county.

(B) EACH VOLUNTEER POLICE OFFICER OF FREDERICK COUNTY IS A
COVERED EMPLOYEE ENTITLED TO MEDICAL BENEFITS UNDER §§ 9-660 AND 9-661
OF THIS TITLE WHILE PERFORMING WORK ASSIGNED BY THE SHERIFF OF
FREDERICK COUNTY.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1999.

Approved May 27, 1999.

CHAPTER 531
(Senate Bill 217)

AN ACT concerning

State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners

FOR the purpose of continuing the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners in
accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (Sunset
Law) by extending to a certain date the termination provisions relating to the
statutory and regulatory authority of the Board; and generally relating to the
State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Agriculture
Section 2-316

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1985 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

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