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<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>
