§ 4-208. Maryland Transportation Authority Police Force
West's Annotated Code of MarylandTransportationEffective: October 1, 2016
Effective: October 1, 2016
MD Code, Transportation, § 4-208
§ 4-208. Maryland Transportation Authority Police Force
(b)(1) A Maryland Transportation Authority police officer may exercise the powers described in subsection (a)(2) of this section on property owned, leased, or operated by or under the control of the Maryland Transportation Authority, Maryland Aviation Administration, and Maryland Port Administration.
(i) The Chairman of the Maryland Transportation Authority, with the approval of the Governor, determines on the basis of specific and articulable facts that the exercise of the powers is reasonable to protect against actual or threatened physical injury or damage to State employees or State property or assets and provides notice of the exercise of the powers to the:
(c)(1) In consultation with the Secretary of State Police and the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, the Secretary of Transportation shall adopt standards, qualifications, and prerequisites of character, training, education, human and public relations, and experience for Maryland Transportation Authority police officers, including standards for the performance of their duties.
(d) The Authority shall adopt rules and regulations governing the operation and conduct of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police Force and of Maryland Transportation Authority police officers. These rules and regulations shall be consistent with the standards established by the Secretary.
(e) The Maryland Transportation Authority Police Force shall provide police services to the Authority, to the Maryland Aviation Administration, and to the Maryland Port Administration.
(f)(1) Any person who was a member in good standing, as of July 1, 1977, of the Maryland Aviation Administration Police Force of the Department and subsequently an airport police employee of the State Police, shall become a member of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police Force, and shall continue as such without diminution in salary, except for shift differential, until retirement, resignation, or termination, and shall be paid in accordance with the Maryland Transportation Authority Police Force pay plan.
(g)(1) Any person who is a member in good standing, as of July 1, 1998, of the Maryland Port Administration Police Force of the Department shall become a member of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police Force and shall continue as such without diminution in salary until retirement, resignation, or termination of employment, and shall be paid in accordance with the Maryland Transportation Authority Police Force plan.
Credits
Added by Acts 1977, c. 13, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1992, c. 224, § 1; Acts 1993, c. 10, § 5; Acts 1993, c. 626; Acts 1994, c. 165, § 3; c. 166, § 3, eff. July 1, 1994; Acts 1994, c. 577, § 1, eff. July 1, 1994; Acts 1995, c. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. March 7, 1995; Acts 1997, c. 743, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1997; Acts 1998, c. 514, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 2002, c. 100, § 1, eff. April 25, 2002; Acts 2003, c. 17, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, c. 21, § 1, eff. April 8, 2003; Acts 2018, c. 12, § 6.
Formerly Art. 41, § 208C.
MD Code, Transportation, § 4-208, MD TRANS § 4-208
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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