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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="4-102" title_number="4" title_name="Law Enforcement Funds and Grant Programs" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Protective Body Armor Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The purposes of the Fund are:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>to assist local law enforcement agencies to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>acquire protective body armor for each police officer of the local law enforcement agency; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>replace protective body armor at least every 10 years, or sooner if testing indicates a need for replacement; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>upon the fulfillment of the purposes specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection, to assist the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to acquire protective body armor for its agents with the remainder of the funds.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Executive Director shall administer the Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Fund consists of money appropriated in the State budget to the Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>As authorized by the Executive Director, the Treasurer shall make payments out of the Fund to local law enforcement agencies and the Division of Parole and Probation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A local law enforcement agency and the Division of Parole and Probation may use State money provided under this subtitle only to purchase or replace protective body armor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
