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Ch. 430
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Martin O'Malley, Governor
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Public Safety
7-302.
(a) This section applies only to Baltimore County, Caroline County, Cecil
County, AND Queen Anne's County[, and Washington County].
(b) The sheriff of a county subject to this section may appoint as deputy
sheriffs members of fire companies, whether volunteer, career, incorporated, or
unincorporated, to exercise the powers of deputy sheriffs at fires and while going to
and from fires.
(c) (1) The commanding officer may designate three members of the fire
company to be appointed as deputy sheriffs.
(2) The commanding officer may be one of the three members
designated under this subsection.
(d) (1) (i) Except in Caroline County, the sheriff of a county subject to
this section shall appoint as deputy sheriff a member of the fire company designated
under subsection (c) of this section on request of the designated member.
(ii) In Caroline County, the Sheriff of Caroline County may
appoint the designated member as deputy sheriff.
(2) A request for appointment shall be accompanied by a written
certificate of designation signed by the commanding officer.
(e) (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, a
member of a fire company appointed as deputy sheriff under this section may exercise
the powers of deputy sheriffs at fires and while going to and from fires.
(2) The powers of members appointed as deputy sheriffs do not apply
and may not be exercised in a municipal corporation that maintains an organized
police force.
[(3) In Washington County, a member appointed as deputy sheriff has
the powers necessary to perform the duties of deputy sheriffs while going to,
functioning at, or returning from:
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(i) fires;
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