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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="3-521" 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>“Law enforcement agency” has the meaning stated in § 3–201 of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Surplus program” means a program operated by the federal government for the transfer of surplus military equipment to a law enforcement agency.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On or before February 1 each year, the Department of State Police shall submit a report on the acquisition of equipment by law enforcement agencies through surplus programs within the preceding calendar year to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department of State Police shall include in a prominent location on its public website a link to the Defense Logistics Agency’s report listing excess Department of Defense property transfers to law enforcement agencies through the Law Enforcement Support Office.</text>
  </level>
</section>
