Md. Code Regs. 29.04.02.01

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 21, October 18, 2024

Section 29.04.02.01 - Definitions

A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

B. Terms Defined.

(1) "Entity" means a municipal corporation, county, or other governmental body of the State; another state, or subdivision or unit of another state; a college, university, or public school system in the State; and a person that exists and functions for a legal business purpose, as referenced in Public Safety Article, § 3-303 Annotated Code of Maryland.

(2) "Industrial" means organized economic activity concerned with manufacturing, extracting, and processing of raw materials, or construction; a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the output of a specified product or service, such as the steel industry.

(3) "Industrial police force" means a police force composed of special police officers hired by an industrial business that conducts business on contiguously zoned property, primarily engaged in manufacturing and production, collectively, such as a steel manufacturing plant.

(4) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of State Police.

(5) "Security officer" means a security officer that has successfully completed the required MPCTC training, that is hired by an entity, that is a certified law enforcement agency, which is recognized by MPCTC and whose property includes roadways as defined by Transportation Article, § 11-151, Annotated Code of Maryland, highways as defined by Transportation Article, § 11-127, Annotated Code of Maryland, and traffic control devices and/or signals as defined by Transportation Article, §§ 11-167 and 11-168, Annotated Code of Maryland.

(6) "Special police officer" means an individual who holds a commission as a special police officer as defined in Public Safety Article, §3301, Annotated Code of Maryland.

(7) "State of emergency" means a condition declared by the Governor for the entire State or for a county or municipal corporation if public safety is endangered or on reasonable apprehension of immediate danger to public safety caused by such things as weather, toxic hazard contamination, infrastructure collapse, or civil disturbance, as defined in Public Safety Article, § 14-303, Annotated Code of Maryland.

Md. Code Regs. 29.04.02.01

Regulations .01A and F amended effective October 24, 1983 (10:21 Md. R. 1903)
Regulation .01A, B amended effective October 25, 1993 (20:21 Md. R. 1656); adopted effective 49:26 Md. R. 1081, eff. 12/26/2022