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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="9-108" title_number="9" title_name="State Insurance Program" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Detention center function” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>operating and administering a detention center; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>supervising personnel who perform a function described in item (i) of this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Law enforcement function” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>conducting patrol;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>making stops and arrests;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>investigating criminal offenses; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>supervising personnel who perform a function described in items (i) through (iii) of this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies to any sheriff or deputy sheriff engaged in any activity other than those activities relating to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>courthouse security;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>service of process;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the transportation of incarcerated individuals to and from court proceedings;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>personnel and other administrative activities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>activities, including activities relating to performing law enforcement functions, arising under a multijurisdictional agreement under the supervision and direction of the Maryland State Police or other State agency; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>any other activities, except activities relating to performing law enforcement functions or detention center functions.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A county or Baltimore City may obtain insurance to provide the coverage and defense necessary under the Maryland Tort Claims Act.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a county or Baltimore City does not obtain adequate insurance coverage to satisfy the coverage and defense necessary under the Maryland Tort Claims Act, an assessment for coverage and for payment of any litigation expenses, other than for compensation for the time spent by any State employee working for the Attorney General, shall be set off from:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>any tax which has been appropriated in the State budget to the county or Baltimore City; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the subdivision’s share of any income tax collected by the State Comptroller.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any amount due under this subsection shall be collected in the manner provided by § 7–222 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
