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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="3-513" title_number="3" title_name="Law Enforcement" subtitle_number="5">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Commission” has the meaning stated in § 3–201 of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Law enforcement agency” has the meaning stated in § 3–201 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A law enforcement agency shall provide a retiring law enforcement officer with an identification card under this section within 45 days after the officer’s retirement from the agency if the officer:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>meets the requirements of subsection (c) of this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>pays the fee set by the agency under paragraph (3) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a law enforcement officer retired before October 1, 2015, on request of the retired officer, the law enforcement agency from which the officer retired shall provide the officer with an identification card under this section within 60 days after the officer makes the request if the officer:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>meets the requirements of subsection (c) of this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>pays the fee set by the agency under paragraph (3) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A law enforcement agency may charge a reasonable fee not exceeding $20 for each identification card or replacement card issued under this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>To qualify for an identification card under this section, a law enforcement officer:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall have retired in good standing as a law enforcement officer for reasons other than mental instability; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>before retirement shall have:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>been certified by the Commission;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>had statutory powers of arrest in the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>completed an applicable probationary period.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An identification card issued under this section shall be in the form approved by the Commission and include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the caption “Retired Law Enforcement Officer” printed on the front of the card;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a photograph of the retired law enforcement officer whose name appears on the card;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the name of the retired law enforcement officer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the name of the law enforcement agency that issued the card;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the date the card was issued and a statement that the card does not expire; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the following statement: “This card is the property of the issuing law enforcement agency.”.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
