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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 71-1 Appointment; duties.">
  <section prefix="§" num="71-1" heading="Appointment; duties.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Agency certification; appointment.">The following officials shall from time to time certify to the Police Commissioner the names of employees of their respective departments for appointment by the Police Commissioner as Special Enforcement Officers:<para num="(1)">Commissioner of Health.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Chief of the Fire Department.</para>
      <para num="(3)">Director of Public Works.</para>
      <para num="(4)">Commissioner of Housing and Community Development.</para>
      <para num="(5)">Director of Recreation and Parks.</para>
      <para num="(6)">Director of Transportation.</para>
      <para num="(7)">Director of the Department of Consumer Protection and Business Licensing.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Duties.">
      <para num="(1)">On appointment, a Special Enforcement Officer may serve summonses and issue criminal citations to appear before the housing or other appropriate part of the District Court for Baltimore City in proceedings to enforce any City ordinance, rule or regulation, or public local law pertaining to buildings, housing, zoning, fire, public health, parks, and sanitation.</para>
      <para num="(2)">“Criminal citation” means a written or printed charging document with a summons to appear for trial.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Officers have no arrest powers.">The officers appointed may not arrest or take into custody any violator or otherwise have the power of arrest in their official capacity.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Record of appointments; revocation.">A record of appointment of the officers shall be kept by the Police Commissioner and any appointment may be revoked by the Commissioner at any time.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Badge and uniform.">The form of badge and type of uniform, if any, worn by the appointed officers shall be approved by the Police Commissioner.</para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Additional authority.">In addition to issuing prepayable criminal citations under &lt;cite data-path="|19|§71-2"&gt;§ 71-2 of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;, Special Enforcement Officers may issue and serve civil administrative citations to appear before the Environmental Control Board under &lt;cite data-path="|1"&gt;Article 1&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 40 {“Environmental Control  Board”} of the City Code.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §144</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 74-509</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 89-224</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 90-612</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 91-835</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 98-359</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 03-572</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 07-399</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
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</baltimore-city-law>
