Ch. 110

2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(4)     in Baltimore City, shall be made to the Police Commissioner or the
Police Commissioner's designee; and

(5)     on property owned, leased, or operated by or under the control of the
Maryland Transportation Authority, the Maryland Aviation Administration, or the
Maryland Port Administration, shall be made to the respective chief of police or the
chiefs designee.

(k) When acting under the authority granted in subsection (h) or (i) of this
section, a law enforcement officer:

(1)     in addition to any other immunities and exemptions to which the
officer may be entitled, has the immunities from liability and exemptions accorded to
a law enforcement officer of the Department of State Police; but

(2)     remains an employee of the officer's employing agency.

(L) (1) A STATE'S ATTORNEY OR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY
INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION OR A VIOLATION OF
ANY CRIME BASED ON THE ACT ESTABLISHING A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION.

(2) IF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL EXERCISES AUTHORITY UNDER
PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS ALL THE
POWERS AND DUTIES OF A STATE'S ATTORNEY, INCLUDING THE USE OF A GRAND
JURY IN ANY COUNTY OR BALTIMORE CITY, TO INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE THE
VIOLATION.

(M) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE PROSECUTION
OF A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION OR FOR A VIOLATION OF ANY CRIME BASED ON
THE ACT ESTABLISHING A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION MAY BE COMMENCED IN
ANY COUNTY IN WHICH:

(1)      AN ELEMENT OF THE CRIME OCCURRED; OR

(2)      THE VICTIM RESIDES.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2004.

Approved April 27, 2004.

CHAPTER 110
(Senate Bill 276)

AN ACT concerning

Commercial Law - Interest on Abandoned Property

FOR the purpose of repealing certain provisions that require the administrator of
abandoned property to pay interest to certain claimants; and generally relating

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