ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                              Ch. 82

Approved April 27, 2004.

CHAPTER 82
(Senate Bill 41)

AN ACT concerning

Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Use of Lie Detector
or Similar Test for Employment Purposes

FOR the purpose of altering the application of certain provisions of law relating to lie
detector or similar test for individuals who are employees of or applicants for
assignment to the Internal Investigative Unit of the Department of Public
Safety and Correctional Services; and generally relating to the use of lie detector
or similar test for employment purposes.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 3-702

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

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

Article - Labor and Employment

3-702.

(a)     In this section, "employer" means:

(1)     a person engaged in a business, industry, profession, trade, or other
enterprise in the State;

(2)     the State;

(3)     a county; and

(4)     a municipal corporation in the State.

(b)     (1) This section does not apply to the federal government or any of its
units.

(2) [This section does not apply to an individual who is an employee of
the Division of Correction and applies for assignment or is assigned to the special
internal investigative unit that the Commissioner of Correction expressly
authorizes.] THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS AN
EMPLOYEE OF OR APPLIES FOR ASSIGNMENT TO THE INTERNAL INVESTIGATIVE
UNIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES.

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