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<chapter num="05" heading="Pictures of Abducted Children" title_num="23" subtitle_num="02">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Definitions.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>In this chapter, the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Terms Defined.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>“Agency” means the Department of General Services, the Department of Transportation, or the University System of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>"Center" means the Maryland Center for Missing Children, a unit of the Criminal Intelligence Division of the Department of State Police.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Facility.</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>“Facility” means any single building or group of buildings in the same location under the control of or managed by an agency.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>“Facility” includes an office complex and an educational campus.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>“Superintendent” means the chief of operations of a facility or the designee of the chief of operations.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Posting of Pictures in Facilities.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Each superintendent shall designate which building or buildings within a facility are appropriate for the display of pictures of missing children.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>In each designated building, the superintendent shall allocate space for the display of pictures of missing children.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>In the space allocated under §B of this regulation, the superintendent shall display the pictures of children abducted in non-custody-related abductions, which the Center submits for display.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>The superintendent may control the size and manner of a display, including the number of pictures and the length of time for which the pictures are to be displayed.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="E.">
      <text>In making a determination under §§A—D of this regulation, the superintendent may consider, at the superintendent's absolute discretion:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The needs of the agency;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>The amount of pedestrian traffic;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>The facility's resources; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Any other factor reasonably related to the determination.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Duties of the Center.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The Center is the central clearinghouse for distribution of pictures to facilities for display.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The Center shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Determine which pictures of children abducted in non-custody-related abductions should be submitted for display;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Distribute current pictures to superintendents for display; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Notify superintendents when a picture should no longer be displayed.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Law enforcement agencies and nonprofit advocacy groups for abducted children shall work through the Center to submit pictures of missing children for display.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">State Finance and Procurement Article, §4-209, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: August 25, 1997 (24:17 Md. R. 1217)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>