Fire and explosive investigators, authority and powers with
respect to handguns, arrests, jurisdiction, Law Enforcement
Officers' Bill of Rights, and certification as police officer,

provisions altered .......................................................................

St. Mary's County -

Emergency services tax, established ............................................

Salisbury Fire Department firefighters and paramedics,
membership in the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System,

provisions added .............................................................................

Senator William H. Amoss Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund,

appropriation to ..............................................................................

Somerset County -
Volunteer fire companies and departments, appropriations from

county commissioners, increased...............................................

State Employee Pension and Retirement Systems, optional
membership in pension system, transfer from retirement to
pension system, options for retirement system members to make
alternate retirement selections or voluntary contributions, and

various other provisions, altered to simplify administration .....

Tuition reimbursement for firemen and rescue squadmen,

appropriation for ............................................................................

Volunteer Company Assistance Fund -

Composition, funding, grants and loans from, uses, request for
money from, and reports, provisions altered............................

Low Interest Revolving Loan Account, provisions repealed .......

Use of loan repayments for providing grants to Maryland State
Firemen's Association for administrative expenses and grants

to widows and orphans, provisions added ................................

Washington County -

Tip jars, limit on gross profits of licensed operators that hold
certain alcoholic beverages licenses, repealed; wholesaler
license to sell a tip jar packet for profit, eligibility
requirements altered; annual report required .........................

Firearms SEE Guns

Fiscal Matters SEE Budgets; Revenue and Taxes

Fish and Fishing —

Dorchester County -
Activities related to operating a seafood business, authorization

by county council to engage in, provisions added ...................

Finfish -

Closure to finfishing of an area of State waters, provisions
added ...........................................................................................

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INDEX

Chapter

Page

377	1368
412	1488
284	1047
429	1781
343	1268
532	2500
429	1752
430	1871
	1926
430	1926
430	1924
215	808
134	598
500	2339