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Martin O'Malley, Governor
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Ch. 618
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2007. It shall remain effective for a period of 3 years and, at the end of
September 30, 2010, with no further action required by the General Assembly, this Act
shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect.
Approved by the Governor, May 17, 2007.
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CHAPTER 619
(House Bill 683)
AN ACT concerning
Worcester County - Fire and Explosive
Investigators - Authority
FOR the purpose of providing that, under certain circumstances, a Worcester County
fire and explosive investigator operating in Worcester County has the same
authority as the State Fire Marshal and a full-time investigative and inspection
assistant in the Office of the State Fire Marshal to make an arrest without a
warrant and exercise certain powers of arrest; authorizing a Worcester County
fire and explosive investigator to exercise certain authority while operating
outside Worcester County under certain circumstances; authorizing the
Worcester County Fire Marshal to limit certain authority of a fire and explosive
investigator to make an arrest without a warrant or exercise certain powers of
arrest; requiring the Worcester County Fire Marshal to express the limitation
in writing; excluding a Worcester County fire and explosive investigator from
the definition of "law enforcement officer" under the law relating to the Law
Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights; including a Worcester County fire and
explosive investigator in the definition of "police officer" in connection with
provisions of law relating to the Maryland Police Training Commission and the
authorized carrying of a handgun by a person engaged in law enforcement;
defining certain terms; requiring the Maryland Police Training Commission to
certify certain fire and explosive investigators as police officers under certain
circumstances; and generally relating to the authority of Worcester County fire
and explosive investigators.
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Criminal Law
Section 4-201(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Volume and 2006 Supplement)
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