<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-101" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions"> <level label="a"> <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Civilian classification” means the position held by a civilian employee.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Civilian employee” means an employee of the Department other than a police employee.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>“Commissioned rank” means the ranks of Lieutenant, Captain, Major, and Lieutenant Colonel.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Commissioned rank” does not include the Secretary.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>“Department” means the Department of State Police.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>“Grade” means the status of police employees that have the same primary areas of duty and responsibility within a rank.</text> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>“Law enforcement agency” means a law enforcement agency of a department, county, or municipal corporation of the State.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Law enforcement agency” includes:</text> <level label="i"> <text>sheriffs; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>similar agencies of other states and the United States.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <level label="1"> <text>“Noncommissioned rank” means a rank other than a commissioned rank.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Noncommissioned rank” does not include the Secretary.</text> </level> </level> <level label="i"> <text>“Police employee” means an employee of the Department to whom the Secretary assigns the powers contained in § 2-412 of this title.</text> </level> <level label="j"> <text>“Rank” means the status, established by rule, of police employees that have the same relative position in the chain of command.</text> </level> <level label="k"> <level label="1"> <text>“Rule” means a rule, order, or other directive adopted by the Secretary under this article.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Rule” does not include a regulation within the meaning of Title 10, Subtitle 1 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="l"> <text>“Secretary” means the Secretary of State Police.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-201" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission"> <text>There is a Department of State Police, established as a principal department of State government.</text> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-202" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission"> <level label="a"> <text>The Governor shall appoint the Secretary of State Police with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The appointee shall be a citizen of the United States.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The appointee shall be qualified on the basis of training, experience, and ability to discharge the duties of the Secretary.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Secretary serves at the pleasure of the Governor.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The Secretary is entitled to the salary provided in the State budget.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>The Secretary shall supervise and direct the affairs and operations of the Department.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Secretary is responsible for carrying out the Governor’s policies with respect to those matters specified in Titles 2, 4, 5, 11, and 14 of this article.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Secretary shall report to the Governor.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-203" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission"> <level label="a"> <text>With the approval of the Governor, the Secretary may designate without examination one police employee holding the highest commissioned rank to be deputy secretary.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The deputy secretary serves at the pleasure of the Secretary.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The deputy secretary:</text> <level label="1"> <text>is entitled to the salary provided in the State budget; but</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>may not be paid in accordance with § 2-405 of this title.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>The deputy secretary has the authority, responsibility, and duties assigned by the Secretary.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Whenever the Secretary is absent from the State or incapacitated, the deputy secretary has, until the Secretary returns or is no longer incapacitated, all of the powers and duties conferred by law on the Secretary.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>After the Secretary terminates a designation as deputy secretary, the individual:</text> <level label="1"> <text>returns to the rank held before designation as deputy secretary; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>shall then be paid in accordance with § 2-405 of this title.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-204" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission"> <level label="a"> <text>The Secretary and deputy secretary have throughout the State the same powers, privileges, immunities, and defenses as sheriffs, constables, police officers, and other peace officers possessed at common law and may now or in the future exercise within their respective jurisdictions.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>In addition to any powers set forth elsewhere, the Secretary may:</text> <level label="1"> <text>establish the organization of the Department;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>create units in the Department;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>define the functions, duties, and responsibilities of each unit in the Department;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>redefine periodically the functions, duties, and responsibilities of any unit in the Department, whether created by the Secretary or by law;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>assign and reassign employees of the Department to the duties, units, and regional facilities of the Department as the Secretary considers necessary to serve the needs of the Department and the public;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>establish standards, qualifications, and prerequisites of character, training, education, and experience for employees of the Department;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>establish ranks and grades and, in accordance with Title 6, Subtitle 4 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article, civilian classifications as the Secretary considers necessary and appropriate;</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>designate the authority, responsibility, and duties of ranks, grades, and civilian classifications and the order of succession to positions of command within the Department;</text> </level> <level label="9"> <text>appoint, promote, reduce in rank or civilian classification, reassign, reclassify, retire, and discharge any employee of the Department in the manner required by law;</text> </level> <level label="10"> <text>regulate attendance, conduct, training, discipline, and procedure for employees of the Department;</text> </level> <level label="11"> <text>provide systems for periodic evaluation and improvement of the performance and physical condition of employees of the Department, including in-service training programs and courses;</text> </level> <level label="12"> <text>establish headquarters, barracks, posts, commands, and other regional facilities in localities as necessary for the efficient performance of the duties of the Department;</text> </level> <level label="13"> <text>close headquarters, barracks, posts, commands, and other regional facilities when their need ceases to exist;</text> </level> <level label="14"> <text>purchase or otherwise acquire the land, facilities, equipment, or services as are considered essential for the needs of the Department or its employees in carrying out their duties, in the manner required by law;</text> </level> <level label="15"> <text>sell or dispose of land, facilities, or equipment as they become unnecessary or unfit for further use, in the manner required by law;</text> </level> <level label="16"> <text>establish and modify systems for receiving, processing, and maintaining:</text> <level label="i"> <text>reports and records of occurrences or alleged occurrences of crime and motor vehicle accidents in the State; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>reports and records of the administration, management, and operations of the Department; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="17"> <text>establish procedures for safekeeping, copying, and destroying records of the Department.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Secretary may not exercise or perform the powers, duties, responsibilities, and functions set forth in §§ 6-301, 6-302, and 6-501 of this article.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-205" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission"> <level label="a"> <text>The Secretary may adopt rules necessary to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>promote the effective and efficient performance of the duties of the Department; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>ensure the good government of the Department and its employees.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Secretary may suspend, amend, rescind, abrogate, or cancel any rule adopted by the Secretary or any former Secretary.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-206" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission"> <text>The Attorney General shall represent the Department.</text> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-207" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission"> <text>The following units are in the Department:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the State Fire Prevention Commission;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the office of State Fire Marshal; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>any other unit determined by the Secretary to be part of the Department or established by law as part of the Department.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-208" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Salaries, expenses, and other costs incident to the operation of the Department and the performance of its duties, in accordance with the State budget, shall be disbursed in the manner required by law.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The source of the Department’s money for the costs described in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be determined in accordance with § 12-118 of the Transportation Article or as otherwise provided by law.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Except as provided in § 2-311 of this title or as otherwise provided by law, all other money received by the Department shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the use of the Department.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The finances of the Department are subject to audit as provided by law.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-301" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Powers and Duties of Department"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>The Department has the general duty to safeguard the lives and safety of all persons in the State, to protect property, and to assist in securing to all persons the equal protection of the laws.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Specifically, this duty includes the responsibility to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>preserve the public peace;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>detect and prevent the commission of crime;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>enforce the laws and ordinances of the State, counties, and municipal corporations;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>apprehend and arrest criminals and those who violate or are lawfully accused of violating the laws and ordinances of the State, counties, and municipal corporations;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>preserve order at public places;</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>maintain the safe and orderly flow of traffic on public streets and highways;</text> </level> <level label="vii"> <text>cooperate with and assist law enforcement agencies in carrying out their respective duties;</text> </level> <level label="viii"> <text>investigate any death of an incarcerated individual suspected to be a homicide within or outside a correctional facility as provided in § 9–602.1 of the Correctional Services Article; and</text> </level> <level label="ix"> <text>discharge the duties and responsibilities of the Department with the dignity and in a manner that will inspire public confidence and respect.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Department shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>administer the laws that relate to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the sales of pistols and revolvers;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the licensing and supervision of private detective agencies;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the certification of private detectives and security guards;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>the registration of eavesdropping or wiretapping devices; and</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>the inspection of classes of motor vehicles as provided elsewhere in the Code; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>perform any other duty that may be assigned by the General Assembly.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-302" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Powers and Duties of Department"> <level label="a"> <text>The powers and duties of the Department with respect to law enforcement are supplemental to and concurrent with similar powers and duties conferred by law on other law enforcement agencies of the State in their respective jurisdictions.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Technological developments, changes in the population and economy of the State, and other factors directly related to proper law enforcement require effective cooperation among all law enforcement agencies in order to provide:</text> <level label="i"> <text>efficient utilization of equipment, personnel, and information; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>prompt means of collection, analysis, and dissemination of information relevant to the duties of the law enforcement agencies.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The duties imposed on the Department by this title:</text> <level label="i"> <text>shall promote effective cooperation among law enforcement agencies; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>do not limit the powers or responsibilities of any other law enforcement agency or make any other law enforcement agency subject to the supervision of the Department.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-303" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Powers and Duties of Department"> <level label="a"> <text>As provided in the State budget, the Department shall make its training facilities available to any law enforcement agency of the State and to the Police Training and Standards Commission to the extent that the training facilities and employees of the Department are available.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Secretary shall adopt rules to govern:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the extent to which the training facilities of the Department may be used;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the course of training; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the qualifications of individuals who will use the training facilities.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-304" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Powers and Duties of Department"> <level label="a"> <text>The Department may permit a law enforcement agency of the State or a State unit to connect with and use a computer or communication system established by the Department for statewide use including:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a voice communication system;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a data communication system;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a message switching system;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>the Maryland Interagency Law Enforcement System (MILES);</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>the National Crime Information Center (NCIC); and</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS).</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The connection with and use of a computer or communication system under this section is subject to rules adopted by the Secretary to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>promote the purposes of this title;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>ensure the effective, economical, and efficient utilization of the entire system; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>prevent interference with the law enforcement duties of the Department.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Violation of a rule adopted under this subsection is a sufficient basis to withdraw permission to connect with and use the computer or communication system.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, as provided in the State budget, the State shall pay the cost of rental of the computer and communication equipment and the circuitry necessary for the equipment under this section.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A law enforcement agency that uses the Department’s computer or communication system shall pay the costs of supplies and other charges for the rental or purchase of terminal devices and the circuitry necessary to connect with the Department’s computer or communication system.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-305" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Powers and Duties of Department"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Civil child support warrant” means any of the following, when issued for the enforcement of a child support order:</text> <level label="i"> <text>an arrest warrant;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a bench warrant;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a body attachment issued by a circuit court; or</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>a warrant for failure to appear.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>“Civil protective order” means:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a temporary ex parte order issued under § 4-505 of the Family Law Article;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a protective order issued under § 4-506 of the Family Law Article; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>an order for protection, as defined in § 4-508.1 of the Family Law Article, issued by a court of another state or a Native American tribe and filed with the District Court or a circuit court under § 4-508.1 of the Family Law Article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>“System” means the Maryland Interagency Law Enforcement System.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Department shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>cooperate with local child support enforcement offices and law enforcement agencies to receive, accept, and incorporate civil child support warrants in the System; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>cooperate with the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Chief Clerk of the District Court of Maryland, and the clerks of the circuit courts to receive, accept, and incorporate civil protective orders in the System.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Local child support enforcement offices and appropriate local law enforcement agencies shall be responsible for entry, maintenance, and prompt validation of civil child support warrants in the System in accordance with procedures adopted by the Department.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The clerks of the courts and appropriate local law enforcement agencies shall be responsible for entry, maintenance, and prompt validation of civil protective orders in the System in accordance with procedures adopted by the Department.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A judge or law enforcement agency or officer may access the System to determine the status of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>an outstanding civil child support warrant issued by a court of the State;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>an outstanding civil protective order issued by a court of the State; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>an outstanding civil protective order issued by a court of another state or an Indian tribe and filed with the District Court or a circuit court.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-306" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Powers and Duties of Department"> <level label="a"> <text>The Department shall collect, analyze, and disseminate information about the occurrence of motor vehicle accidents in the State.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Motor Vehicle Administration, State Highway Administration, State Postmortem Examiners Commission, commissions concerned with highway safety, and law enforcement agencies of the State shall provide information about the occurrence of motor vehicle accidents in the State to the Department at the times and in the form that the Secretary requires by rule.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-307" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Powers and Duties of Department"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>The Department shall collect, analyze, and disseminate:</text> <level label="i"> <text>information about the incidence of crime in the State; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>information, including race and sex, on the total number of law enforcement employees, de–identified and disaggregated by:</text> <level label="1"> <text>position for civilian employees; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>rank for sworn employees.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Each law enforcement agency shall provide the Department with the information described in paragraph (1) of this subsection in the format that the Secretary requires.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The Department shall collect and analyze information about incidents apparently directed against an individual or group because of race, color, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, gender, disability, national origin, or homelessness.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Each local law enforcement agency and the State Fire Marshal shall provide the Department with the information described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Department shall adopt procedures for the collection and analysis of the information described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The Department shall make quarterly reports to the Commission on Civil Rights about the information described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-308" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Powers and Duties of Department"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Any information, records, or statistics collected under this subtitle shall be available for use by any agency or unit required to provide information to the Department.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>By rule, the Secretary may establish conditions for the use or availability of the information described in paragraph (1) of this subsection as necessary:</text> <level label="i"> <text>to preserve the information;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>to protect any confidential information; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>because of a pending prosecution.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The Department:</text> <level label="i"> <text>shall periodically publish statistics on the incidence of crime in the State; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>at least monthly shall publish statistics about the occurrence and cause of all motor vehicle accidents in the State.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A statistical report on the incidence of crime published under this subsection may not name or otherwise identify a particular known or suspected offender.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Department shall distribute the reports required by this subsection to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>each agency or unit that contributed information contained in the reports;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the press; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>any other interested person.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>By rule, the Secretary may establish conditions under which reports of specific motor vehicle accidents may be made available on request to the public.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The fee for conducting a document search is $4.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Department shall apply the money received from conducting document searches to the cost of providing this service.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-309" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Powers and Duties of Department"> <text>In any report issued under § 2-308 of this subtitle, the Department may include recommendations to the Governor, the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, and, subject to § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly for legislation that the report indicates is necessary or desirable to promote traffic safety or reduce crime or otherwise to ensure proper law enforcement.</text> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-310" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Powers and Duties of Department"> <level label="a"> <text>Unless sufficient facilities are not available, the managing official of a correctional facility shall receive and confine an individual arrested by a police employee without warrant or on warrant from a county.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>An individual confined under subsection (a) of this section:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is deemed to be in the custody of the Department; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>shall remain confined until a court of competent jurisdiction issues a warrant or other process, or the individual is returned to the county.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Before the issuance of a warrant or process, an individual confined under subsection (a) of this section may be released only to and on written order of a police employee.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>This section does not abridge the right of an individual to be taken before a judicial officer of the State promptly after arrest.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The managing official of a correctional facility in which an individual is confined under this section, shall notify the State’s Attorney immediately if the individual is confined for more than 12 hours.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-311" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Powers and Duties of Department"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>This section does not apply to personal property purchased or otherwise acquired for use by the Department or to contraband.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>This section does not apply to personal property retained by the Department for use as evidence in a criminal prosecution.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>This section does not supersede the provisions for seizure and forfeiture contained in Titles 12 and 13 of the Criminal Procedure Article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Department shall hold personal property that comes into the possession of the Department until the Department determines that the property is no longer needed in connection with a prosecution.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Personal property that is used as evidence in a criminal prosecution shall be retained by the Department in the same manner as other evidence retained by the Department.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>After the Department determines that personal property is no longer needed in connection with a prosecution, the Department shall deliver the property to the person who satisfactorily establishes the right to possession of the property and gives a proper receipt for the property.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>At any time after personal property has been in the possession of the Department for 3 months and the Department determines that the property is no longer needed in connection with a prosecution, the Department shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>give notice of the sale of the property by registered or certified mail to those persons entitled to its possession and to those lienholders whose names and addresses can be ascertained by the exercise of reasonable diligence; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>publish a description of the property and the time, place, and terms of the sale of the property in a newspaper of general circulation in Baltimore City in each of two successive weeks.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>After complying with the requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Department may sell the property at public auction.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The terms and manner of sale may be established by rule.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The certificate of the Department that personal property has been sold under this section is sufficient evidence of title to the property for all purposes, including the right to obtain a certificate of title or registration from an appropriate unit of the State.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <level label="1"> <text>The amount received from the sale of personal property in accordance with this section shall be distributed in the following order of priority:</text> <level label="i"> <text>first, to the Department in an amount equal to the expense of sale and all expenses incurred while the property was in the possession of the Department;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>second, to lienholders in order of their priority; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>third, to the General Fund subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>At any time within 3 years after the date of a sale under this section, a person who submits satisfactory proof of the right to possession of the property shall be paid, without interest, the amount distributed to the General Fund under paragraph (1)(iii) of this subsection.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>A claim under paragraph (2) of this subsection is barred if more than 3 years have passed since the date of a sale under this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <text>This section does not create or recognize any cause, action, or defense or abridge any immunity now or in the future held by the Department, the Secretary, or an employee of the Department.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-312" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Powers and Duties of Department"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary shall charge a fee of $5 per fingerprint card to each individual who requests that the individual be fingerprinted.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A fee may not be charged to an individual who is:</text> <level label="1"> <text>fingerprinted as a matter of procedure in a law enforcement action;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>required to have fingerprints retaken because of any fault or error by the Department during the preparation of the fingerprint card; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>otherwise declared by the Secretary to be exempt from this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Subject to the Administrative Procedure Act, the Secretary shall adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-313" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Powers and Duties of Department"> <level label="a"> <text>Each publicly owned dog used for law enforcement work by the State or a local subdivision of the State shall have a license issued by the Department under this section.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>A license under this section shall be issued:</text> <level label="i"> <text>on the form prepared and provided by the Department; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>to the law enforcement officer to whom the licensed dog is assigned.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Each license shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>be dated and numbered;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>state the law enforcement agency to which the dog belongs; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>describe the dog that is licensed.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>A license issued under this section is valid for all dog licensing purposes anywhere in the State.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A license issued under this section is in effect until the earlier of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>revocation of the license by the Department; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>removal of the licensed dog from law enforcement work.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>The Department shall provide with each license a metal tag that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is stamped “Department of State Police”; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>bears the license number of the dog.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The tag shall be affixed to a substantial collar to be provided by the law enforcement agency to which the dog belongs.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The tag and collar shall be kept on the licensed dog at all times unless the dog is confined in a kennel or is under the personal charge of the law enforcement officer to whom the dog is assigned.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The licensing responsibility of this section does not create liability for the Department or its officers or employees for any action of a licensed dog or the law enforcement officer to whom it is assigned.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-314" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Powers and Duties of Department"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Approved rates” means the maximum rates approved by the Department that apply to police–initiated towing and recovery services.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>“Authorized tow company” means a company providing towing and recovery services at the request of the Department and designated on the tow list.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>“Heavy–duty towing” means towing and recovery of a vehicle including trailers and semitrailers with a gross vehicle weight rating over 26,000 pounds.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>“Light–duty towing” means towing and recovery of a vehicle including trailers or semitrailers with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less.</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>“Medium–duty towing” means towing and recovery of a vehicle including trailers or semitrailers with a gross vehicle weight rating from over 10,000 pounds to 26,000 pounds.</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>“Per pound billing” means a method of calculating a fee for towing and recovery services using a formula that considers the weight of the vehicle, equipment, or cargo that is the subject of the towing and recovery and multiplies the weight of the vehicle, equipment, or cargo by a monetary amount.</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>“Police–initiated towing” means the towing or recovery of a motor vehicle which was authorized, requested, or dispatched by the Department.</text> </level> <level label="9"> <text>“Recovery” means winching, hoisting, up–righting, removing, or otherwise relocating a vehicle when the vehicle is found in a location, state, or position in which it cannot be removed from the location, state, or position using only the vehicle’s own power, even if it were in complete operating condition.</text> </level> <level label="10"> <text>“Tow list” means the list of towing businesses authorized by the Department to perform police–initiated towing services of disabled or abandoned vehicles within the Department’s jurisdiction.</text> </level> <level label="11"> <text>“Towing” means using another vehicle to move or remove a vehicle.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Department shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>establish and maintain a tow list, by county, of qualifying tow companies for use by the Department in carrying out the duties of this subtitle; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>make the tow list available to the public on request.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Department may adopt regulations to establish standards for tow companies, including application procedures and minimum qualification requirements, and must include on the list all qualifying tow companies.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The Department shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>require a tow company that is on the tow list to ban the use of per pound billing;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>establish the approved rates for light–, medium–, and heavy–duty towing and recovery that may be charged by a tow company on the tow list, based on recommendations made by the Committee on Rate Setting and Complaint Resolution for Police–Initiated Towing and Recovery established under § 2–314.1 of this subtitle; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>develop a process to receive, investigate, and adjudicate complaints from a vehicle owner or operator or the owner’s designee against an authorized tow company regarding the police–initiated towing of a motor vehicle, including a process to suspend or remove an authorized tow company from the tow list.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>An authorized tow company may charge less than but may not charge more than the approved rates authorized by the Department for a police–initiated towing and recovery.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The approved rates for light–duty towing and recovery may not exceed 80% of the maximum approved rates for medium–duty towing and recovery charged by a tow company.</text> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <text>If a vehicle owner or the owner’s designee requests the use of a specific towing company, the Department shall honor that request and allow the vehicle owner to engage the services of the requested towing company except when:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the requested towing company cannot arrive at the location of the vehicle within a reasonable time period;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a traffic safety problem exists and the requested towing company cannot arrive at the location within 30 minutes of a police employee’s arrival at the location of the vehicle; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the vehicle is disabled in the roadway as a result of a collision or vehicle fire and the requested towing company cannot arrive within 30 minutes of a police employee’s arrival at the location of the vehicle.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-314.1" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Powers and Duties of Department"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Approved rates” has the meaning stated in § 2–314 of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>“Committee” means the Committee on Rate Setting and Complaint Resolution for Police–Initiated Towing and Recovery.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>“Police–initiated towing” has the meaning stated in § 2–314 of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>“Recovery” has the meaning stated in § 2–314 of this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>There is a Committee on Rate Setting and Complaint Resolution for Police–Initiated Towing and Recovery.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Committee consists of the following members:</text> <level label="1"> <text>two representatives of the Towing and Recovery Professionals of Maryland, appointed by the President of the Towing and Recovery Professionals of Maryland;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a representative of the Maryland Motor Truck Association, appointed by the President of the Maryland Motor Truck Association;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a representative of the Owner–Operator Independent Drivers Association, appointed by the President of the Owner–Operator Independent Drivers Association;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>a representative of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police, appointed by the Secretary of Transportation;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>a representative of the State Highway Administration, appointed by the Administrator of the State Highway Administration; and</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>a representative of the Maryland Insurance Administration, appointed by the Insurance Commissioner.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>A member of the Committee shall be appointed for a 3–year term.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A member of the Committee may be reappointed at the end of the member’s term.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The Department shall provide staff support for the Committee.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>A member of the Committee:</text> <level label="1"> <text>may not receive compensation as a member of the Committee; but</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <text>The Committee shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>recommend approved rates for light–duty, medium–duty, and heavy–duty towing and recovery to the Department that should be charged for police–initiated towing and recovery services;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>meet at least once every 3 years to review and consider modification of the approved rates;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>request information and comments from other parties of interest to assist with its work;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>recommend to the Department a process for resolving towing complaints;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>examine and report on insurance matters related to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>vehicles registered and insured outside the State; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the cost and cleanup of cargo and debris; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="6"> <text>make any additional recommendations to the Department that the Committee considers appropriate.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-315" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Powers and Duties of Department"> <level label="a"> <text>There is a Law Enforcement Coordinating Council within the Department.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The purpose of the Council is to prevent and reduce crime by:</text> <level label="1"> <text>coordinating and focusing State resources; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>ensuring interagency communications and intelligence–sharing.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Council consists of the following members:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, or the Secretary’s designee;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the Secretary of Juvenile Services, or the Secretary’s designee;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the Secretary of Human Services, or the Secretary’s designee;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>the Secretary of Housing and Community Development, or the Secretary’s designee;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>the Secretary of Emergency Management, or the Secretary’s designee;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>the Director of the Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center, or the Director’s designee;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy, or the Executive Director’s designee;</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>the Secretary, or the Secretary’s designee;</text> </level> <level label="9"> <text>the chief of the largest law enforcement agency in each county, or the chief’s designee;</text> </level> <level label="10"> <text>the chief of the largest law enforcement agency in the City of Annapolis, or the chief’s designee;</text> </level> <level label="11"> <text>the chief of the largest law enforcement agency in Ocean City, or the chief’s designee;</text> </level> <level label="12"> <text>the chief of the Maryland Transit Administration Police, or the chief’s designee;</text> </level> <level label="13"> <text>the chief of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police, or the chief’s designee; and</text> </level> <level label="14"> <text>the chief of the WMATA Metro Transit Police, or the chief’s designee.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The Secretary shall serve as the chair of the Council.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The Department shall provide staff for the Council.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>A member of the Council:</text> <level label="1"> <text>may not receive compensation as a member of the Council; but</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>The Council shall prepare and revise, as necessary, a comprehensive crime plan for the State or for each region of the State.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The plan under paragraph (1) of this subsection may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>identify State resources and assets that State agencies are using to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>support law enforcement activities; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>provide support services for communities with the greatest concentration of crime;</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>establish law enforcement regions in the State based on public safety commonalities and priorities across jurisdictions;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>specify strategies to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>share intelligence between law enforcement agencies;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>develop patrol agreements across jurisdictions; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>provide mutual aid to law enforcement agencies across jurisdictions;</text> </level> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>establish targeted initiatives, including initiatives relating to warrants, early crime alert and risk assessment tools, and data–sharing;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>identify regions for the establishment of regional law enforcement councils under § 2–316 of this subtitle; and</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>identify areas where law enforcement agencies can collaborate to provide support and human services to individuals most likely to be victims or perpetrators of crime.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <level label="1"> <text>The Council shall meet at least twice each year.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Governor, or the Governor’s designee, shall attend at least one meeting of the Council each year.</text> </level> </level> <level label="i"> <text>The Council may invite other chiefs of law enforcement entities to participate in the Council.</text> </level> <level label="j"> <text>On or before December 1 each year, the Council shall submit a report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly concerning its activities and recommendations.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-316" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Powers and Duties of Department"> <level label="a"> <text>The Department shall establish a regional law enforcement council for each of the regions established by the Law Enforcement Coordinating Council under § 2–315 of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The purpose of each regional council is to prevent and reduce crime by:</text> <level label="1"> <text>coordinating and focusing State and local resources; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>ensuring interagency communications and intelligence–sharing.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Each regional council shall consist of the following members:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, or the Secretary’s designee;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the Secretary of Juvenile Services, or the Secretary’s designee;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the Secretary of Human Services, or the Secretary’s designee;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>the Secretary of Housing and Community Development, or the Secretary’s designee;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>the Secretary of Emergency Management, or the Secretary’s designee;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>the Director of the Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center, or the Director’s designee;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>the Secretary, or the Secretary’s designee; and</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>the chiefs of the law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction in each region, or their designees.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The members of each regional council shall select the chair of the regional council.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The Department shall provide staff for each regional council.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>Each regional council shall meet to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>share intelligence;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>identify regional crime trends;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>strategize the deployment of resources to prevent and respond to regional crime, particularly violent crime;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>review outstanding warrants in the region; and</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>discuss community engagement efforts, technology, and training programs.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <text>Each regional council shall meet at least quarterly.</text> </level> <level label="h"> <text>On or before December 1 each year, each regional council shall submit a report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly concerning the council’s activities and recommendations.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-401" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Police Employees and Civilian Employees"> <level label="a"> <text>If there are inconsistencies between this article and the State Personnel and Pensions Article, this article controls as to any matter that relates to the Department.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Except as expressly provided in this article, the State Personnel and Pensions Article does not apply to or affect the compensation, rank, grade, or status of police employees.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Except as expressly provided in this article, the compensation, civilian classification, and status of civilian employees shall be determined in accordance with the State Personnel and Pensions Article.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-402" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Police Employees and Civilian Employees"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In accordance with the State budget, the Secretary shall appoint the employees that the Secretary considers necessary for the efficient administration of the Department.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Secretary shall make each appointment from a list of eligible candidates in accordance with the State Personnel and Pensions Article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Each appointee to the Department shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>be a resident of the State on the date of appointment; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>have the character, education, and other qualifications established by the Secretary under this title.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-402.1" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Police Employees and Civilian Employees"> <text>When the Department advertises for or recruits new employees, the Department shall include advertising that is targeted toward racial and ethnic communities or other individuals that are underrepresented in the Department workforce, including advertising in newspapers or on radio stations whose primary audience is the underrepresented communities and individuals.</text> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-403" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Police Employees and Civilian Employees"> <level label="a"> <text>Each police employee, including an individual who is appointed to the Department for training before regular assignment as a police employee, shall remain in probationary status for a period of 2 years after the date of appointment to the Department.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Each civilian employee shall remain in probationary status for the period required under Title 7, Subtitle 4 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Each deputy State fire marshal, including an individual who is appointed to the Office of the State Fire Marshal for training before regular assignment as a deputy State fire marshal, shall remain in probationary status for a period of 2 years after the date of appointment to the Office of the State Fire Marshal.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-404" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Police Employees and Civilian Employees"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “obsolete rank” means a rank designated by the Secretary to which no further promotions will be made.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Secretary shall make all promotions.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Promotion to a rank, except deputy secretary, shall be made in the manner required by rule.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>For a noncommissioned rank that has fewer than 25 police employees, the Secretary by rule may direct that it is unnecessary to fill the noncommissioned rank for purposes of promotion.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <level label="i"> <text>This paragraph does not apply to a rank that requires technical knowledge.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a police employee may not be appointed or promoted to a rank unless the police employee:</text> <level label="1"> <text>is bypassing an obsolete rank and currently fills the rank immediately below the obsolete rank; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>has filled the rank immediately below the rank to which the police employee is to be promoted.</text> </level> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may appoint without examination:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a police employee who holds a commissioned rank to the rank of Major; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a police employee who holds a commissioned rank of not less than Captain to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A police employee appointed in accordance with this subsection continues to serve at the pleasure of the Secretary.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on termination of an appointment under this subsection, the police employee may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>return to the rank held before the appointment; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>be promoted to a higher rank to which the police employee became eligible for promotion during the appointment.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>An incumbent police employee in an obsolete rank remains in that rank until promoted, demoted, retired, or terminated.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>Promotions of civilian employees shall be made in accordance with the State Personnel and Pensions Article.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-405" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Police Employees and Civilian Employees"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>The Secretary shall develop a pay plan for police employees, State Police communications operators, and State Police communications supervisors that includes the ranks and the grades within ranks that the Secretary considers appropriate.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The pay plan under this subsection:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is subject to approval by the Secretary of Budget and Management; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>is effective on approval by the Governor only to the extent that sufficient money is included in the State budget.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Each police employee, State Police communications operator, and State Police communications supervisor is entitled to receive the pay rate, including any increment based on length of service, set forth in the pay plan established under subsection (a) of this section.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Each police employee is entitled to the pay rate for the next highest step within the police employee’s rank on:</text> <level label="i"> <text>each July 1, if the police employee was a police employee on July 1, 1967; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>each anniversary of the date of employment, for all other police employees.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>On promotion a police employee or a deputy State fire marshal is entitled to the pay specified for the new rank in the same step that the police employee or deputy State fire marshal occupied before promotion.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-406" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Police Employees and Civilian Employees"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>The Secretary may approve vouchers in payment of expenses incurred by employees in the discharge of their duties, including expenses for lodging and subsistence while an employee is away from the facility to which the employee is regularly assigned.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The vouchers shall be:</text> <level label="i"> <text>audited and paid in accordance with the State budget in the manner required by law; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>submitted in a manner consistent with the practices required by the Comptroller’s office.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Lodging and subsistence provided to employees at facilities of the Department:</text> <level label="i"> <text>are not expenses within the meaning of this section; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>may be provided by the Department in accordance with the State budget and rule of the Secretary.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>In a civil or criminal case, other than a disciplinary proceeding or an appeal from a disciplinary proceeding, when a police employee is charged with the commission of a wrong as the result of an act done in the course of the police employee’s official duties, the Secretary may pay any part of the legal expenses of the police employee if:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the Secretary determines that payment is in the best interests of the Department, the public, and the police employee; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the Attorney General approves the payment.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Payment of legal expenses under this subsection may be made in accordance with the State budget or from general or contingency funds of the Department.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-407" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Police Employees and Civilian Employees"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>The Department shall provide uniforms and equipment necessary for the performance of the duties of employees in accordance with the State budget.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Uniforms and equipment shall be purchased by the Department in accordance with Division II of the State Finance and Procurement Article and remain the property of the State.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Secretary may grant permission to off-duty police employees to use police vehicles during off-duty hours if, in the opinion of the Secretary, the vehicles will not be needed by on-duty police employees.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Only the police employees to whom permission has been granted to use the police vehicles may operate the police vehicles.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-408" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Police Employees and Civilian Employees"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as allowed by this article, Title 9 or Title 10 of the Labor and Employment Article, or rule, an employee of the Department may not receive money or any other thing of value for services performed by the employee as an employee of the Department or otherwise resulting from employment by the Department.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>When an employee is allowed by the Secretary to accept money or any other thing of value, the money or other thing of value shall be delivered to the Department and disposed of as provided by rule.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-409" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Police Employees and Civilian Employees"> <level label="a"> <text>There is a Sick Leave Reserve.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Secretary shall administer the Sick Leave Reserve.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Secretary shall adopt rules and regulations about the eligibility of police employees to withdraw sick leave from the Sick Leave Reserve including:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a requirement that the police employee have a long–term illness and be unable to work; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the length of time for which a police employee may receive sick leave.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>With the approval of the Secretary, a police employee may donate up to 2 days of sick leave each year to the Sick Leave Reserve.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>The Secretary may transfer days of sick leave that have been accumulated in the Sick Leave Reserve to a police employee who:</text> <level label="i"> <text>has a documented medical disability; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>has exhausted all forms of leave.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Secretary may not transfer sick leave under this section to a police employee who has been granted disability retirement by the board of trustees of the State retirement systems for use after the first date on which disability retirement may become effective.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-410" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Police Employees and Civilian Employees"> <level label="a"> <text>The Secretary may grant work-related administrative leave to a police employee who is temporarily disabled in the performance of the police employee’s work if the disability resulted from an injury or illness sustained in the performance of the police employee’s work.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The work-related administrative leave remains in effect until the police employee is returned to duty or is retired because of the injury or illness from which the disability resulted.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>However, the work-related administrative leave may not:</text> <level label="i"> <text>exceed 2 years; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>extend beyond the second anniversary of the date of the injury or illness.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Payment to a police employee on work-related administrative leave is based on two-thirds of the police employee’s regular pay.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Payment for work-related administrative leave is a separate benefit on account of accidental disability and is not a continuation of salary.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Notwithstanding the reduced rate at which a police employee is paid while on work-related administrative leave, the police employee:</text> <level label="i"> <text>continues seniority and leave accruals based on the police employee’s regular pay; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>does not lose health care benefits with the subsidy allowed in Title 2, Subtitle 5 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article solely because the police employee is on work-related administrative leave.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>A police employee may not receive temporary total disability benefits under the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Act while the police employee is receiving payment under this section.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-411" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Police Employees and Civilian Employees"> <level label="a"> <text>If authorized by the Secretary:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a police employee may work an alternative workday; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a 40–hour civilian employee may work an alternative workday of not more than 12 hours instead of an 8–hour workday.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Employees who participate in the alternative modified workday program are entitled to compensation in accordance with § 8-305 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Personal leave for these employees shall be based on an 8-hour workday.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-412" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Police Employees and Civilian Employees"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Emergency” means a sudden or unexpected happening or an unforeseen combination of circumstances that calls for immediate action to protect health, safety, welfare, or property from actual or threatened harm or from an unlawful act.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>“Municipal corporation” includes Baltimore City.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Police employees have throughout the State the same powers, privileges, immunities, and defenses as sheriffs, constables, police officers, and other peace officers possessed at common law and may now or in the future exercise within their respective jurisdictions.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A police employee may execute an arrest warrant in any part of the State without further endorsement.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Police employees may not act within the limits of a municipal corporation that maintains a police force except:</text> <level label="1"> <text>when in pursuit of a criminal or suspect;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>when in search of a criminal or suspect wanted for a crime committed outside of the limits of the municipal corporation or when interviewing or seeking to interview a witness or supposed witness to the crime;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>when a crime is committed in the presence of the police employee, and the arrested party must be immediately transferred to the custody of the local law enforcement agency;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>when requested to act by the chief executive officer or chief police officer of the municipal corporation;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>when ordered by the Governor to act within the municipal corporation;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>when enforcing the motor vehicle laws of the State, except in Baltimore City;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>in Baltimore City, only when enforcing Title 23 of the Transportation Article or if acting in accordance with a memorandum of understanding described in § 4–1501 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>in any building or place when ordered by either the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Delegates to guard the safety of legislators or the integrity of the legislative process;</text> </level> <level label="9"> <text>to protect the safety of an elected State official;</text> </level> <level label="10"> <text>in the municipal corporations of Somerset County;</text> </level> <level label="11"> <text>when conducting investigations relating to or otherwise enforcing §§ 3–324, 3–804, 3–805, 3–902, 3–1102, 3–1103, 7–302, 11–207, 11–208, 11–303, 11–304, 11–305, 11–306, and 11–307 of the Criminal Law Article;</text> </level> <level label="12"> <level label="i"> <level label="1"> <text>when participating in a joint investigation with officials from another State, federal, or local law enforcement agency at least one of which has local jurisdiction;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>when rendering assistance to a police officer;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>when acting at the request of a local police officer; or</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>when an emergency exists; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>when acting in accordance with regulations adopted by the Secretary to implement this item; or</text> </level> </level> <level label="13"> <text>when conducting an investigation under § 9–602.1 of the Correctional Services Article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A police employee may not be placed on detached service and act for a federal department, agency, or committee outside of the State without the written approval of the Governor or as otherwise provided by law.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-413" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Police Employees and Civilian Employees"> <text>A police employee may not be demoted or otherwise affected in rank, pay, or status except for cause.</text> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-414" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Police Employees and Civilian Employees"> <text>Employment of an employee of the Department ends on the death, retirement, resignation, or termination of the employee.</text> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-415" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Police Employees and Civilian Employees"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Retirement shall occur in accordance with the State Personnel and Pensions Article.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Except for the Secretary, retirement is mandatory as provided in § 24-401(c) of the State Personnel and Pensions Article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The Secretary may apply for disability retirement on behalf of a police employee in accordance with § 29-103 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>This subsection does not prevent a police employee from exercising the individual’s rights under § 21-111 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a police employee, on retirement in good standing, may keep or acquire the handgun issued by the State to that police employee if:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the police employee reimburses the Department for the replacement value of the handgun; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the Secretary authorizes the transaction.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Secretary shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out this subsection.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-416" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Police Employees and Civilian Employees"> <text>Resignation of an employee is not valid until accepted by the Secretary, but the Secretary may not withhold acceptance unless proceedings for termination are contemplated or pending.</text> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-417" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Police Employees and Civilian Employees"> <level label="a"> <text>An employee, other than an employee in probationary status, may be terminated from employment only in accordance with the State Personnel and Pensions Article.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Secretary may terminate the employment of an employee in probationary status for any reason that the Secretary considers sufficient.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-418" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Police Employees and Civilian Employees"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, a police employee who resigns from the Department for any reason may not be reappointed.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A police employee who resigns to enter the uniformed services may be reappointed.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>By rule, the Secretary may reappoint a police employee who resigned in good standing if the individual meets the requirements then applicable for initial appointment.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>An individual may not be reappointed to a rank higher than the rank that the individual previously held as a police employee.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>An employee who is terminated from the Department may not be reappointed.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-501" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Statewide Dna Database System"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Burglary” includes the crimes enumerated in §§ 6–202, 6–203, and 6–204 of the Criminal Law Article.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>“CODIS” means the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s “Combined DNA Index System” that allows the storage and exchange of DNA records submitted by federal, state, and local forensic DNA laboratories.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“CODIS” includes the national DNA index administered and operated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“Crime Laboratory” means the Forensic Sciences Division of the Department.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, “crime of violence” has the meaning stated in § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Crime of violence” does not include mayhem.</text> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <text>“Director” means the Director of the Crime Laboratory or the Director’s designee.</text> </level> <level label="g"> <text>“DNA” means deoxyribonucleic acid.</text> </level> <level label="h"> <level label="1"> <text>“DNA record” means DNA information stored in CODIS or the statewide DNA database system.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“DNA record” includes the information commonly referred to as a DNA profile.</text> </level> </level> <level label="i"> <text>“DNA sample” means a body fluid or tissue sample that is:</text> <level label="1"> <text>provided by an individual who is convicted of a felony or a violation of § 6–205 or § 6–206 of the Criminal Law Article;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>provided by an individual who is charged with:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a crime of violence or an attempt to commit a crime of violence; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>burglary or an attempt to commit burglary; or</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>submitted to the statewide DNA database system for testing as part of a criminal investigation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="j"> <text>“Statewide DNA database system” means the DNA record system administered by the Department for identification purposes.</text> </level> <level label="k"> <text>“Statewide DNA repository” means the State repository of DNA samples collected under this subtitle.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-502" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Statewide Dna Database System"> <level label="a"> <text>There is a statewide DNA database system in the Crime Laboratory.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The statewide DNA database system is the central repository for all DNA testing information as provided in this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Director shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>administer and manage the statewide DNA database system;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>consult with the Secretary on the adoption of appropriate regulations for protocols and operations of the statewide DNA database system;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>ensure compatibility with Federal Bureau of Investigation and CODIS requirements, including the use of comparable test procedures, quality assurance, laboratory equipment, and computer software;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>ensure the security and confidentiality of all records in the statewide DNA database system; and</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>provide for a liaison with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other criminal justice agencies related to the State’s participation in CODIS or in any DNA database designated by the Department.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The Crime Laboratory shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>receive DNA samples for analysis, classification, storage, and disposal;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>file the DNA record of identification characteristic profiles of DNA samples submitted to the Crime Laboratory; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>make information that relates to DNA samples and DNA records available to other agencies and individuals as authorized by this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The Director may contract with a qualified DNA laboratory to complete DNA typing analyses if the laboratory meets the guidelines established by the Director.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>Subject to § 2–511 of this subtitle, records of testing shall be permanently retained on file at the Crime Laboratory.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-503" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Statewide Dna Database System"> <level label="a"> <text>After consulting with the Director, the Secretary shall adopt appropriate regulations:</text> <level label="1"> <text>for protocols and operations of the statewide DNA database system;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>to govern the methods used to obtain information from the statewide DNA database system and CODIS, including procedures to verify the identity and authority of the individual or agency that requests the information; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>to govern the procedures used:</text> <level label="i"> <text>to collect, submit, identify, analyze, store, and dispose of DNA samples; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>to allow access to and dissemination of typing results and personal identification information of DNA samples that are submitted under this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Each procedure adopted by the Director shall include quality assurance guidelines to ensure that DNA records meet standards and audit requirements for laboratories that submit DNA records for inclusion in the statewide DNA database system and CODIS.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-504" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Statewide Dna Database System"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In accordance with regulations adopted under this subtitle, an individual who is convicted of a felony or a violation of § 6–205 or § 6–206 of the Criminal Law Article shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>have a DNA sample collected either at the time of sentence or on intake to a correctional facility, if the individual is sentenced to a term of imprisonment; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>provide a DNA sample as a condition of sentence or probation, if the individual is not sentenced to a term of imprisonment.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>An individual who was convicted of a felony or a violation of § 6–205 or § 6–206 of the Criminal Law Article on or before October 1, 2003 and who remains confined in a correctional facility on or after October 1, 1999, shall submit a DNA sample to the Department.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <level label="i"> <text>In accordance with regulations adopted under this subtitle, a DNA sample shall be collected from an individual who is charged with:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a crime of violence or an attempt to commit a crime of violence; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>burglary or an attempt to commit burglary.</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>At the time of collection of the DNA sample under this paragraph, the individual from whom a sample is collected shall be given notice that the DNA record may be expunged and the DNA sample destroyed in accordance with § 2–511 of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>DNA evidence collected from a crime scene or collected as evidence of sexual assault at a hospital that a law enforcement investigator considers relevant to the identification or exoneration of a suspect shall be tested as soon as reasonably possible following collection of the sample.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>An individual required to register as a sex offender under § 11–704 of the Criminal Procedure Article shall have a DNA sample collected by the supervising authority where the individual is initially required to register.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>In accordance with regulations adopted under this subtitle, each DNA sample required to be collected under this section shall be collected:</text> <level label="1"> <text>by an individual who is:</text> <level label="i"> <text>designated by the Director; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>trained in the collection procedures that the Crime Laboratory uses; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>at the time the individual is charged, by an employee of a booking facility or the arresting agency;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>after a conviction of a qualifying crime under subsection (a)(1) of this section:</text> </level> <level label="1"> <text>by an employee of a correctional facility at the time of intake at the correctional facility where the individual is confined, if the individual is confined in a correctional facility on or after October 1, 2003, or is sentenced to a term of imprisonment on or after October 1, 2003;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>at a facility specified by the Director, if the individual is on probation or is not sentenced to a term of imprisonment; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>at a suitable location in a circuit court following the imposition of sentence; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>at the time of registration as a sex offender under § 11–704 of the Criminal Procedure Article, by the supervising authority where the individual is initially required to register, if applicable.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Before releasing an individual from custody, the custodial agency or correctional facility shall ensure that the individual’s DNA sample has been collected in accordance with this section.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>In this subsection, “police officer” has the meaning stated in § 3–301 of this article.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A DNA sample collected from an individual charged with a crime under subsection (a)(3) of this section may only be tested or placed in the statewide DNA database system:</text> <level label="i"> <text>if:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a determination is made by a judge or commissioner of the District Court or a judge of the circuit court, based on an application for a statement of charges filed by a police officer or a State’s Attorney, that probable cause exists for a qualifying crime in accordance with the Maryland Rules;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the individual has been arrested for a qualifying crime in accordance with an arrest warrant based on an application for a statement of charges filed by a police officer or a State’s Attorney;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>an information is filed by a State’s Attorney for a qualifying crime in accordance with § 4–102 of the Criminal Procedure Article; or</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>an indictment is returned by a grand jury charging the individual with a qualifying crime; or</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>unless requested or consented to by the individual as provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>If all qualifying criminal charges are determined to be unsupported by probable cause:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the DNA sample shall be immediately destroyed; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>notice shall be sent to the defendant and counsel of record for the defendant that the sample was destroyed.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>An individual may request or consent to have the individual’s DNA sample processed prior to a probable cause determination for the sole purpose of having the sample checked against a sample that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>has been processed from the crime scene or the hospital; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>is related to the charges against the individual.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>A second DNA sample shall be taken if needed to obtain sufficient DNA for the statewide DNA database system or if ordered by the court for good cause shown.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>Failure of an individual who is not sentenced to a term of imprisonment to provide a DNA sample within 90 days after notice by the Director is a violation of probation.</text> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>An individual may not refuse to provide a DNA sample in accordance with this section.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>An individual who violates paragraph (1) of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000.</text> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <level label="1"> <text>An employee who attempts to collect a DNA sample in accordance with this section, but is unable to collect the sample because the individual who is required to submit the sample refuses to do so, shall be deemed to have discharged the employee’s duty under this section.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A refusal to submit a DNA sample as required under this section shall be referred to the State’s Attorney’s office for prosecution under subsection (g) of this section.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-505" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Statewide Dna Database System"> <level label="a"> <text>To the extent fiscal resources are available, DNA samples shall be collected and tested:</text> <level label="1"> <text>to analyze and type the genetic markers contained in or derived from the DNA samples;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>as part of an official investigation into a crime;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>to help identify human remains;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>to help identify missing individuals; and</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>for research and administrative purposes, including:</text> <level label="i"> <text>development of a population database after personal identifying information is removed;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>support of identification research and protocol development of forensic DNA analysis methods; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>quality control.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Only DNA records that directly relate to the identification of individuals shall be collected and stored.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>DNA records may not be used for any purposes other than those specified in this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-506" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Statewide Dna Database System"> <level label="a"> <text>Each DNA record of identification characteristics that results from DNA testing under this subtitle shall be stored and maintained only by the Crime Laboratory in the statewide DNA database system, except as necessary to participate in CODIS.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Each DNA sample obtained under this subtitle shall be stored securely and maintained only by the Crime Laboratory in the statewide DNA repository.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Typing results shall be stored securely in the statewide DNA database system.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A person may not perform a search of the statewide DNA database for the purpose of identification of an offender in connection with a crime for which the offender may be a biological relative of the individual from whom the DNA sample was acquired.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-507" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Statewide Dna Database System"> <text>At regular intervals not exceeding 180 days, the Crime Laboratory and each analyst who performs DNA analyses at the Crime Laboratory shall undergo external proficiency testing, including at least one external blind test, by a DNA proficiency testing program that meets the standards issued under:</text> <level label="1"> <text>§ 1003 of the federal DNA Identification Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. § 14131); or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the guidelines for a quality assurance program for DNA analysis, known as the “TWGDAM” guidelines.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-508" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Statewide Dna Database System"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>On written or electronic request after verification by the Director that a match has been made in the population database, the typing results and personal identification information of the DNA profile of an individual in the statewide DNA database system may be made available to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>crime laboratories that have been approved by the Director and that serve federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a State’s Attorney’s office or other prosecutorial office; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>a person participating in a judicial proceeding in which the database information may be offered as evidence.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A request for DNA information under paragraph (1) of this subsection must be in furtherance of a purpose set forth in § 2–505 of this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The typing results and personal identification information of the DNA profile of an individual in the statewide DNA database system shall be made available to a defendant or defendant’s counsel on written order of the court in which the case is pending.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A search of the database to determine the existence of a match to DNA obtained from crime scene evidence taken in relation to the crime for which a defendant is charged shall be conducted if:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the defendant requests the search; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a court issues a written order for the search.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>This subtitle does not limit a court from ordering discovery of a DNA record or other related material in a criminal case.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The Director shall maintain a file of all orders issued under this subsection.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-509" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Statewide Dna Database System"> <level label="a"> <text>The Director shall create a population database composed of DNA samples collected under this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>All personal identifiers shall be removed before information is entered into the population database.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Nothing shall prohibit the sharing or disseminating of population database information with:</text> <level label="i"> <text>federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>crime laboratories that have been approved by the Director and that serve federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a State’s Attorney’s office; or</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>a third party that the Director considers necessary to assist the Crime Laboratory with statistical analyses of the population database.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The population database may be made available to and searched by any agency that participates in CODIS.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-510" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Statewide Dna Database System"> <text>A match obtained between an evidence sample and a database entry may be used only as probable cause and is not admissible at trial unless confirmed by additional testing.</text> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-511" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Statewide Dna Database System"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, an individual’s DNA samples and records that are collected in accordance with § 2–504(a)(3) of this subtitle shall be destroyed and expunged automatically from the statewide DNA database system if:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a criminal action begun against the individual relating to the crime does not result in a conviction of the individual;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the conviction is finally reversed or vacated and no new trial is permitted; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the individual is granted an unconditional pardon.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, a DNA sample collected, but not tested, from an individual charged with a crime under § 2–504(a)(3) of this subtitle shall be destroyed and expunged if:</text> <level label="i"> <text>at least 2 years have passed from the date of collection of the DNA sample; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the DNA sample failed to meet the requirements for testing.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>A DNA sample or DNA record may not be destroyed or expunged automatically from the statewide DNA database system if:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the criminal action is put on the stet docket;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the individual receives probation before judgment; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the trial for a qualifying charge under § 2–504(a)(3) of this subtitle remains pending for any reason.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If the DNA sample or DNA record was obtained or generated only in connection with a case in which eligibility for expungement has been established, the DNA sample shall be destroyed and the DNA record shall be expunged.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Any DNA record expunged in accordance with this section shall be expunged from every database into which it has been entered, including local, State, and federal databases.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>An expungement or destruction of sample under this section shall occur within 60 days of an event listed in subsection (a) of this section.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>Written notice documenting expungement of the DNA record and destruction of the DNA sample shall, in accordance with regulations adopted by the Director, be sent by the Director to the defendant and the defendant’s attorney at the address specified by the court in the order of expungement.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>A record or sample that qualifies for expungement or destruction under this section and is matched concurrent with or subsequent to the date of qualification for expungement:</text> <level label="1"> <text>may not be utilized for a determination of probable cause regardless of whether it is expunged or destroyed timely; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>is not admissible in any proceeding for any purpose.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <text>The Director shall adopt regulations to comply with this section.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-512" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Statewide Dna Database System"> <level label="a"> <text>A person who, by virtue of employment or official position, has possession of or access to individually identifiable DNA information contained in the statewide DNA database system or statewide DNA repository may not willfully disclose the information in any manner to a person or agency not entitled to receive the information.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person may not, without authorization, willfully obtain individually identifiable DNA information from the statewide DNA database system or statewide DNA repository.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person may not willfully test a DNA sample for information that does not relate to the identification of individuals as specified in this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A person may not willfully fail to destroy a DNA sample for which, under this subtitle:</text> <level label="1"> <text>notification has been sent stating that the DNA sample has been destroyed; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>destruction has been ordered.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>A person who violates subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>A person who violates subsection (d) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $1,000.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-513" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Statewide Dna Database System"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <level label="i"> <text>On or before April 1, 2010, and on or before April 1 annually thereafter, the Department shall report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly, on the status of the statewide DNA database system as specified in subsection (b) of this section.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>On or before January 31, 2010, and on or before January 31 annually thereafter, local law enforcement agencies shall report to the Department for the preceding calendar year with the information necessary for the Department to comply with the requirements of subsection (b) of this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The annual report shall be posted on the Department website on or before April 1 of each year.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The annual report shall include, for the preceding calendar year:</text> <level label="1"> <text>total expenses incurred for the operation and management of the DNA database and DNA testing program, specifying the actual and human resource costs of DNA collection and transport, DNA analyses, database operation and oversight, and State laboratory personnel and maintenance;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>total funding provided by the State to each forensic crime laboratory in the preceding year;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a statistical analysis of the racial demographics of individuals who have been charged with a crime of violence or burglary, or attempt to commit a crime of violence or burglary, as defined in § 2–501 of this subtitle;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>the number of DNA samples collected from individuals charged with a crime of violence or burglary, or attempt to commit a crime of violence or burglary, as defined in § 2–501 of this subtitle;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>the sufficiency of protocols and procedures adopted to prevent the unlawful testing of DNA and ensure the expungement of DNA as required under this subtitle; and</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>a detailed analysis of the investigations aided by DNA profiles that includes:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the number of matches;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the number of matches that resulted in investigation of the person identified;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the number of matches that resulted in formal charges;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>the number of matches that resulted in convictions;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>the number of matches that resulted in exonerations;</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>the number of matches that resulted in convictions for persons not already incarcerated; and</text> </level> <level label="vii"> <text>the prior offenses for which a person has been convicted where a match occurred.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-514" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Statewide Dna Database System"> <level label="a"> <text>On or before April 1, 2010, and on or before April 1 of every even–numbered year thereafter, each local law enforcement unit shall report to the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy on the status of crime scene DNA collection and analysis in its respective jurisdiction for the preceding calendar year, and the Department shall report to the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy on the status of crime scene DNA collection statewide for the preceding calendar year, including:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the crimes for which crime scene DNA evidence is routinely collected;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the approximate number of crime scene DNA evidence samples collected during the preceding year for each category of crime;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the average time between crime scene DNA evidence collection and analysis;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>the number of crime scene DNA evidence samples collected and not analyzed at the time of the study;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>the number of crime scene DNA evidence samples submitted to the statewide DNA database during the preceding year; and</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>the number of crime scene DNA evidence samples, including sexual assault evidence, collected by hospitals in the county during the preceding year.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy shall compile the information reported by the local law enforcement units and the Department under subsection (a) of this section and submit an annual summary report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-601" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Local Division"> <level label="a"> <text>There is a Local Division in the Department.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Department may have and provide the employees, buildings, equipment, facilities, and other operating materials for the Local Division as provided in the State budget.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The employees in the Local Division are in addition to the regular number of employees in the Department.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-602" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Local Division"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>The local governing body of a county and the Secretary may enter into an agreement for the Department to act as and take over all or some of the functions of a local police force for the county or a municipal corporation in the county.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The local governing body of a county may enter into an agreement with a municipal corporation in the county for the participation of the municipal corporation in an agreement entered into under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>In Charles County and St. Mary’s County, a municipal corporation also may enter into a separate agreement with the Department.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>In accordance with an agreement entered into under subsection (a) of this section, the Department within the county shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>enforce the public local laws of the county or municipal corporation;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>perform related police services; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>perform the Department’s other and regular duties in the county.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>For purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Department shall provide the employees, buildings, and facilities that are required by agreement or, if not so required, that the Department considers reasonable and proper to achieve the objectives of the agreement.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Each agreement entered into under subsection (a) of this section shall provide:</text> <level label="1"> <text>that the Secretary shall determine the reasonable and proper cost of the Local Division for and within the particular county or municipal corporation;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>that the county or municipal corporation shall reimburse the Department the entire amount of the cost of the Local Division in the county or municipal corporation; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>for the time and manner of reimbursements by the county or municipal corporation to the Department for the cost of the Local Division.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>Each agreement entered into under subsection (a) of this section requires the prior approval of the Attorney General as to legal sufficiency.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Financial arrangements in each agreement entered into under subsection (a) of this section require the prior approval of the Secretary of Budget and Management.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-603" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Local Division"> <level label="a"> <text>If an agreement entered into under § 2-602 of this subtitle is terminated, the value of motor vehicles, radios, and light bars paid for by a county or municipal corporation under the agreement shall be depreciated in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The value of motor vehicles, radios, and light bars shall be depreciated over a 5-year period beginning on the date the equipment was put in service as follows:</text> <level label="1"> <text>after 1 year, the equipment shall be valued at 80% of its initial cost;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>after 2 years, the equipment shall be valued at 60% of its initial cost;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>after 3 years, the equipment shall be valued at 40% of its initial cost;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>after 4 years, the equipment shall be valued at 20% of its initial cost; and</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>after 5 years, the equipment shall be considered to have no remaining value for purposes of this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Department shall reimburse the county or municipal corporation for the depreciated value of the motor vehicles, radios, and light bars.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-604" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Local Division"> <level label="a"> <text>Subject to subsection (b) of this section, if eight or more police employees are assigned to a county or municipal corporation in accordance with an agreement entered into under § 2-602 of this subtitle:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the county or municipal corporation shall give the Department at least 5 years’ notice whenever the county or municipal corporation decides to terminate the services of police employees provided under the agreement; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the number of police employees assigned to the county or municipal corporation in accordance with the agreement shall be phased out over 5 years.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Department and county or municipal corporation may modify the manner in which the services of police employees are terminated in an agreement entered into under § 2-602 of this subtitle.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-701" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Vehicle Theft Prevention Council and Vehicle Theft Prevention Fund"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Commercial motor vehicle” has the meaning stated in § 16-803 of the Transportation Article.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Council” means the Vehicle Theft Prevention Council.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“Fund” means the Vehicle Theft Prevention Fund.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-702" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Vehicle Theft Prevention Council and Vehicle Theft Prevention Fund"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>There is a Vehicle Theft Prevention Council in the Department.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The purpose of the Council is to help prevent and deter theft of private passenger and commercial motor vehicles and related crime, including vandalism and theft of property from vehicles, in the State.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The Council consists of the following 13 members appointed by the Governor:</text> <level label="i"> <text>as ex officio members of the Council:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the Secretary or a designee;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the Secretary of Juvenile Services or a designee;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services or a designee; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>the Motor Vehicle Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Administration; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>nine regular members.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Of the nine regular members:</text> <level label="i"> <text>one member shall represent a local law enforcement agency;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>one member shall represent a State’s Attorney’s office in the State;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>one member shall represent a domestic insurer that issues private passenger automobile or commercial motor vehicle liability insurance in the State;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>one member shall represent a foreign insurer that issues private passenger automobile or commercial motor vehicle liability insurance in the State;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>one member shall represent the Governor’s Office;</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>one member shall represent the National Insurance Crime Bureau or a similar organization; and</text> </level> <level label="vii"> <text>three members shall represent the public, including one member who represents a neighborhood or community association.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The members serve at the pleasure of the Governor.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The term of a regular member is 3 years.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The terms of the regular members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Council on October 1, 2003.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The Governor shall appoint the Chairman of the Council.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>A member of the Council:</text> <level label="1"> <text>may not receive compensation as a member of the Council; but</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>is entitled to reimbursement for expenses from the Fund in accordance with the Standard State Travel Regulations.</text> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <level label="1"> <text>The Council shall employ an executive director, who shall be appointed by the Governor.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The expenses of the Council, including staff salaries and administrative expenses, shall be paid from the Fund but may not exceed 7% of the total expenditures from the Fund in a fiscal year.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Assistant Attorney General assigned to the Department is the legal advisor to the Council.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>The Council has the following powers and duties:</text> <level label="i"> <text>to make grants from the Fund for motor vehicle theft intervention programs, as provided in § 2-703 of this subtitle;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>to solicit and accept money for deposit into the Fund, to be used to carry out the purposes of this subtitle;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>to establish or assist in the establishment of programs designed to reduce the incidence of vehicle theft and related crime;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>to identify priorities for theft prevention strategies in the State and criteria for the Council’s evaluation of recipients of assistance from the Council; and</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>to study and propose laws that will further prevent and deter vehicle theft and related crime.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Council shall develop and implement a plan of operation.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-703" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Vehicle Theft Prevention Council and Vehicle Theft Prevention Fund"> <level label="a"> <text>There is a Vehicle Theft Prevention Fund.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to § 7-302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Treasurer shall hold the Fund separately and the Comptroller shall account for the Fund.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Fund consists of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>money received by the Fund under § 17-106 of the Transportation Article;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>money received by the Council or the Fund from any source; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>investment earnings of the Fund.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The money of the Fund shall be invested in the same manner as other State money.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The Council shall spend money in the Fund in the following order of priority:</text> <level label="1"> <text>to pay the expenses of the Council; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>to carry out the purposes of this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <text>When making grants from the Fund, the Council shall consider and prioritize the following entities and programs:</text> <level label="1"> <text>State and local law enforcement agencies:</text> <level label="i"> <text>to enhance vehicle theft enforcement and prevention teams or efforts; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>for programs designed to reduce the incidence of vehicle theft;</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>local prosecutors and judicial agencies, for enhanced prosecution and adjudication of vehicle theft crime;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>neighborhood, community, or business organizations, for programs designed to reduce the incidence of vehicle theft;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>educational programs designed to inform motor vehicle owners of methods to prevent motor vehicle theft and to provide equipment, for experimental purposes, to enable motor vehicle owners to prevent motor vehicle theft;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>programs designed to reduce the incidence of vehicle theft and recidivism by juveniles; and</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>programs designed to reduce or deter damage or vandalism to vehicles in connection with vehicle theft or theft of property from vehicles.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <text>To the extent practicable, the Council shall allocate grants made under this subtitle among the subdivisions of the State on a pro rata basis determined by the total number of vehicles registered in each subdivision divided by the total number of vehicles registered in the State.</text> </level> <level label="h"> <level label="1"> <text>Expenditures from the Fund may be made only:</text> <level label="i"> <text>in accordance with the State budget; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>by the budget amendment procedure as provided in § 7-209 of the State Finance and Procurement Article, if at least 45 days have passed since the budget amendment and supporting information were submitted to the budget committees for their review and comment.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The proposed budget and any budget amendment submitted to the General Assembly shall include an itemized list of each grant and other expenditure from the Fund to be made in the fiscal year.</text> </level> </level> </section>