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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 12.04.07.07" title_num="12" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="07" heading="Required Police Auxiliary or Reserve Volunteer Program Record Keeping and Reporting.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Minimum Record-Keeping Requirements.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An agency that has a Commission-approved program, shall maintain records for each calendar year that includes information on each individual participating in the agency’s Commission-approved program as required under Tax-General Article, §10-208(l)(3)(i), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Information required to be maintained under §A(1) of this regulation shall, at a minimum, include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The individual’s full name;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The individual’s Social Security Number;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The total hours of service worked by the individual for the agency’s Commission-approved program that itemizes service hours worked for each month; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Other information the Commission or the Comptroller may require.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Report to be Provided to Active Status Individuals.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>As required under Tax-General Article, §10-208(l)(3)(ii), Annotated Code of Maryland, on or before February 15 of each year, an agency that has a Commission-approved program shall provide a written report to each individual who the agency determines meets active status requirements in the agency’s Commission-approved program between January 1 and December 31 of the preceding year.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The report under §B(1) of this regulation shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Be in a format approved by the Commission;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Identify the individual to whom the report pertains by using the information maintained under §A(2) of this regulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Include information for only the identified individual; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Include a certification signed by an authorized official of the agency stating that the identified individual is qualified to apply for the subtraction modification established under Tax-General Article, §10-208(l), Annotated Code of Maryland, on the basis that the individual has, between January 1 and December 31 of the preceding year:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Participated in a Commission-approved program;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Met requirements of Tax-General Article, §10-208(l)(2), Annotated Code of Maryland, to be considered a qualifying police auxiliary or reserve volunteer; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Met minimum requirements for active status as defined under Regulation .02 of this chapter.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Agency’s Annual Report to the Commission and Comptroller.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>On or before October 1 each year, an agency maintaining information under §A(2) of this regulation shall submit a report to the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Commission, on behalf of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Comptroller.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The report under §C(1) of this regulation shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Be in a format approved by the Commission;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Include a statement signed by an authorized official of the agency certifying that the information provided is correct; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Provide the information that the agency maintains under §A(2) of this regulation for the period of January 1 through December 31 of the preceding year for each individual who the agency determined:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Qualified to apply for the subtraction modification established under Tax-General Article, §10-208(l), Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Met minimum requirements for active status as defined under Regulation .02 of this chapter, but was not qualified to apply for the subtraction modification under Tax-General Article, §10-208(l), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>