Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB751 Compare Versions

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3	3	EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4	[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
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7	7	SENATE BILL 751
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10	10	By: Senator Simonaire
11	11	Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2022
12	12	Assigned to: Finance
13	13
14	14	A BILL ENTITLED
15	15
16	16	AN ACT concerning 1
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18	18	First Responders and Emergency Responders – Definition – 9–1–1 Dispatchers 2
19	19	Included 3
20	20
21	21	FOR the purpose of including employees who receive and process requests for emergency 4
22	22	services, and dispatch certain services to the scene of an emergency within the 5
23	23	definitions of “first responder” and “emergency responder” in certain provisions of 6
24	24	law; and generally relating to 9–1–1 dispatchers, first responders, and emergency 7
25	25	responders. 8
26	26
27	27	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 9
28	28	Article – Alcoholic Beverages 10
29	29	Section 22–909(a) 11
30	30	Annotated Code of Maryland 12
31	31	(2016 Volume and 2021 Supplement) 13
32	32
33	33	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 14
34	34	Article – Alcoholic Beverages 15
35	35	Section 22–909(b)(2) 16
36	36	Annotated Code of Maryland 17
37	37	(2016 Volume and 2021 Supplement) 18
38	38
39	39	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 19
40	40	Article – Criminal Law 20
41	41	Section 3–203(c) 21
42	42	Annotated Code of Maryland 22
43	43	(2021 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 23
44	44
45	45	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 24
46	46	Article – Education 25
47	47	Section 7–1501(a) 26
48	48	Annotated Code of Maryland 27 2 SENATE BILL 751
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51	51	(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 1
52	52
53	53	BY adding to 2
54	54	Article – Education 3
55	55	Section 7–1501(f) 4
56	56	Annotated Code of Maryland 5
57	57	(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 6
58	58
59	59	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 7
60	60	Article – Education 8
61	61	Section 7–1501(f) through (m) 9
62	62	Annotated Code of Maryland 10
63	63	(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 11
64	64
65	65	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 12
66	66	Article – Health – General 13
67	67	Section 18–213.2(a)(7) 14
68	68	Annotated Code of Maryland 15
69	69	(2019 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 16
70	70
71	71	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 17
72	72	Article – Human Services 18
73	73	Section 7–708 19
74	74	Annotated Code of Maryland 20
75	75	(2019 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 21
76	76
77	77	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 22
78	78	Article – Public Safety 23
79	79	Section 14–801(d) 24
80	80	Annotated Code of Maryland 25
81	81	(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 26
82	82
83	83	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 27
84	84	Article – Transportation 28
85	85	Section 8–656 29
86	86	Annotated Code of Maryland 30
87	87	(2020 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 31
88	88
89	89	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 32
90	90	Article – Transportation 33
91	91	Section 21–104.5(a) 34
92	92	Annotated Code of Maryland 35
93	93	(2020 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 36
94	94	(As enacted by Chapter 351 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2021) 37
95	95
96	96	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 38
97	97	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 39 SENATE BILL 751 3
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100	100
101	101	Article – Alcoholic Beverages 1
102	102
103	103	22–909. 2
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105	105	(a) There is: 3
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107	107	(1) a 6–day Class C–3 (country club, social organization, topiary garden, or 4
108	108	yacht or boat club) beer, wine, and liquor license; and 5
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110	110	(2) a 7–day Class C–3 (country club, social organization, topiary garden, or 6
111	111	yacht or boat club) beer, wine, and liquor license. 7
112	112
113	113	(b) The Board may issue the 6–day license or the 7–day license for use by: 8
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115	115	(2) a social organization that: 9
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117	117	(i) may be operated for profit or not for profit; 10
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119	119	(ii) has at least 100 members paying dues of at least $200 per year 11
120	120	per member; 12
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122	122	(iii) has at least 51% of its membership consisting of: 13
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124	124	1. active members of the armed forces of the United States; 14
125	125
126	126	2. veterans of the armed forces of the United States; 15
127	127
128	128	3. active or retired first responders, AS DEFINED IN § 3–203 16
129	129	OF THE CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE; and 17
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131	131	4. the spouses and children of the eligible members under 18
132	132	items 1 through 3 of this item; 19
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134	134	(iv) is secured by electronic means and is accessible only to members 20
135	135	and their guests over the age of 21; 21
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137	137	(v) requires each server of alcoholic beverages at the social 22
138	138	organization to hold a certificate of completion from an approved alcohol awareness 23
139	139	program as described in § 4–505 of this article; 24
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141	141	(vi) has parking facilities to accommodate the vehicles of members 25
142	142	and their guests; 26
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144	144	(vii) is zoned for business or commercial use; and 27
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148	148	(viii) maintains a list of all active members available for review by the 1
149	149	Board of License Commissioners; 2
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151	151	Article – Criminal Law 3
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153	153	3–203. 4
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155	155	(c) (1) (I) In this subsection[, “physical] THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE 5
156	156	THE MEANINGS INDICAT ED. 6
157	157
158	158	(II) “FIRST RESPONDER ” INCLUDES AN EMPLOYEE OF A 7
159	159	COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT , OR AN EMPLOYEE WORKI NG AT A 8
160	160	COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT , WHOSE DUTIES AND RES PONSIBILITIES 9
161	161	INCLUDE: 10
162	162
163	163	1. RECEIVING AND PROCES SING 9–1–1 REQUESTS FOR 11
164	164	EMERGENCY SERVICES ; 12
165	165
166	166	2. PERFORMING OTHER SUP PORT FUNCTIONS DIREC TLY 13
167	167	RELATED TO 9–1–1 REQUESTS FOR EMERGEN CY SERVICES; AND 14
168	168
169	169	3. DISPATCHING LAW ENFO RCEMENT OFFICERS , FIRE 15
170	170	RESCUE SERVICES , EMERGENCY MEDICAL SE RVICES, AND OTHER PUBLIC SAF ETY 16
171	171	SERVICES TO THE SCEN E OF AN EMERGENCY. 17
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173	173	(III) “PHYSICAL injury” means any impairment of physical condition, 18
174	174	excluding minor injuries. 19
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176	176	(2) A person may not intentionally cause physical injury to another if the 20
177	177	person knows or has reason to know that the other is: 21
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179	179	(i) a law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of the 22
180	180	officer’s official duties; 23
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182	182	(ii) a parole or probation agent engaged in the performance of the 24
183	183	agent’s official duties; or 25
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185	185	(iii) a firefighter, an emergency medical technician, a rescue squad 26
186	186	member, or any other first responder engaged in providing emergency medical care or 27
187	187	rescue services. 28
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189	189	(3) A person who violates paragraph (2) of this subsection is guilty of the 29
190	190	felony of assault in the second degree and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not 30
191	191	exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both. 31
192	192
193	193	Article – Education 32 SENATE BILL 751 5
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196	196
197	197	7–1501. 1
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199	199	(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 2
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201	201	(F) “EMERGENCY RESPONDER ” INCLUDES AN EMPLOYEE OF A COUNTY 3
202	202	PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWER ING POINT, OR AN EMPLOYEE WORKI NG AT A COUNTY 4
203	203	PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWER ING POINT, WHOSE DUTIES AND RES PONSIBILITIES 5
204	204	INCLUDE: 6
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206	206	(1) RECEIVING AND PROCESS ING 9–1–1 REQUESTS FOR EMERGEN CY 7
207	207	SERVICES; 8
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209	209	(2) PERFORMING OTHER SUPP ORT FUNCTIONS DIRECT LY RELATED 9
210	210	TO 9–1–1 REQUESTS FOR EMERGEN CY SERVICES; AND 10
211	211
212	212	(3) DISPATCHING LAW ENFOR CEMENT OFFICERS , FIRE RESCUE 11
213	213	SERVICES, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SE RVICES, AND OTHER PUBLIC SAF ETY SERVICES 12
214	214	TO THE SCENE OF AN E MERGENCY. 13
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216	216	[(f)] (G) “Fund” means the Safe Schools Fund. 14
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218	218	[(g)] (H) “Local law enforcement agency” means: 15
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220	220	(1) A police department of a county or municipal corporation in the State; 16
221	221	or 17
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223	223	(2) A sheriff’s office that provides a law enforcement function in a county 18
224	224	or municipal corporation in the State. 19
225	225
226	226	[(h)] (I) “Safety evaluation” means a written assessment of the safety conditions 20
227	227	in each public school, including ingress, egress, and access to areas of refuge for all 21
228	228	students. 22
229	229
230	230	[(i)] (J) “School emergency plan” means a plan for each local school system and 23
231	231	each public school within the school system that addresses mitigation of, preparedness for, 24
232	232	response to, and recovery from emergencies, including: 25
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234	234	(1) Violent or traumatic events on school grounds during regular school 26
235	235	hours or during school–sponsored activities; and 27
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237	237	(2) Events in the community that affect school operations. 28
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239	239	[(j)] (K) “School resource officer” means: 29
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243	243	(1) A law enforcement officer as defined under § 3–101(e) of the Public 1
244	244	Safety Article who has been assigned to a school in accordance with a memorandum of 2
245	245	understanding between the chief of a law enforcement agency as defined under § 3–101(b) 3
246	246	of the Public Safety Article and the local education agency; or 4
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248	248	(2) A Baltimore City school police officer, as defined in § 4–318 of this 5
249	249	article. 6
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251	251	[(k)] (L) “School security employee” means an individual, as defined in 7
252	252	regulations adopted by the Subcabinet, who: 8
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254	254	(1) Is not a school resource officer; and 9
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256	256	(2) Is employed by a local school system to provide safety and 10
257	257	security–related services at a public school. 11
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259	259	[(l)] (M) “Subcabinet” means the School Safety Subcabinet. 12
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261	261	[(m)] (N) “Wraparound services” means services provided to students, and their 13
262	262	families as appropriate, including: 14
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264	264	(1) Mentoring; 15
265	265
266	266	(2) Tutoring; 16
267	267
268	268	(3) Child care services; 17
269	269
270	270	(4) Housing referrals; 18
271	271
272	272	(5) Transportation; 19
273	273
274	274	(6) Crisis intervention; 20
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276	276	(7) Substance abuse prevention and treatment; 21
277	277
278	278	(8) Legal aid; 22
279	279
280	280	(9) Academic counseling; and 23
281	281
282	282	(10) Career counseling. 24
283	283
284	284	Article – Health – General 25
285	285
286	286	18–213.2. 26
287	287
288	288	(a) (7) “First responder” means a: 27
289	289	SENATE BILL 751 7
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292	292	(i) Firefighter; 1
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294	294	(ii) Emergency medical technician; 2
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296	296	(iii) Rescue squad member; 3
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298	298	(iv) Law enforcement officer; 4
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300	300	(v) Correctional officer; [or] 5
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302	302	(vi) Sworn member of the State Fire Marshal’s office; OR 6
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304	304	(VII) AN EMPLOYEE OF A COUN TY PUBLIC SAFETY ANS WERING 7
305	305	POINT, OR AN EMPLOYEE WORKI NG AT A COUNTY PUBLIC SAFE TY ANSWERING 8
306	306	POINT, WHOSE DUTIES AND RES PONSIBILITIES INCLUD E: 9
307	307
308	308	1. RECEIVING AND PROCESS ING 9–1–1 REQUESTS FOR 10
309	309	EMERGENCY SERVICES ; 11
310	310
311	311	2. PERFORMING OTHER SUPPORT FUNCTION S 12
312	312	DIRECTLY RELATED TO 9–1–1 REQUESTS FOR EMERGEN CY SERVICES; AND 13
313	313
314	314	3. DISPATCHING LAW ENFOR CEMENT OFFICERS , FIRE 14
315	315	RESCUE SERVICES , EMERGENCY MEDICAL SE RVICES, AND OTHER PUBLIC SAF ETY 15
316	316	SERVICES TO THE SCEN E OF AN EMERGENCY . 16
317	317
318	318	Article – Human Services 17
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320	320	7–708. 18
321	321
322	322	Any organization or agency that requires a professional training program for the 19
323	323	following individuals shall include a segment concerning the rights of individuals with 20
324	324	disabilities who are accompanied by service animals: 21
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326	326	(1) first responders[;], INCLUDING EMPLOYEE S OF A COUNTY PUBLIC 22
327	327	SAFETY ANSWERING POI NT, OR EMPLOYEE S WORKING AT A COUNTY PUBLIC SAFE TY 23
328	328	ANSWERING POINT , WHOSE DUTIES AND RES PONSIBILITIES INCLUD E: 24
329	329
330	330	(I) RECEIVING AND PROCES SING 9–1–1 REQUESTS FOR 25
331	331	EMERGENCY SERVICES; 26
332	332
333	333	(II) PERFORMING OTHER SUPPORT FUNCTI ONS DIRECTLY 27
334	334	RELATED TO 9–1–1 REQUESTS FOR EMERGEN CY SERVICES; AND 28
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338	338	(III) DISPATCHING LAW ENFO RCEMENT OFFICERS , FIRE RESCUE 1
339	339	SERVICES, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SE RVICES, AND OTHER PUBLIC SAF ETY SERVICES 2
340	340	TO THE SCENE OF AN EMERGENC Y; AND 3
341	341
342	342	(2) emergency shelter operators[; and 4
343	343
344	344	(3) 9–1–1 operators]. 5
345	345
346	346	Article – Public Safety 6
347	347
348	348	14–801. 7
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350	350	(d) (1) “Emergency responder” means an individual who is sent or directed by 8
351	351	a party jurisdiction in response to a request for assistance by another party jurisdiction. 9
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353	353	(2) “Emergency responder” includes a: 10
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355	355	(i) career or volunteer firefighter of a fire, rescue, or emergency 11
356	356	medical services entity; 12
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358	358	(ii) career or volunteer emergency medical services provider, as 13
359	359	defined in § 13–516 of the Education Article, within this State; 14
360	360
361	361	(iii) career or volunteer rescue squad member of a fire, rescue, or 15
362	362	emergency medical services entity; 16
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364	364	(iv) county or municipal employee who is performing an emergency 17
365	365	support function described in § 14–803(2)(b)(5)(i) of this subtitle; [and] 18
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367	367	(v) law enforcement officer as defined in § 3–101 of this article; AND 19
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369	369	(VI) COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT EMPLOYEE, OR 20
370	370	AN EMPLOYEE WORKING AT A COUNTY PUBLIC SAFE TY ANSWERING POINT , WHOSE 21
371	371	DUTIES AND RESPONSIB ILITIES INCLUDE: 22
372	372
373	373	1. RECEIVING AND PROCES SING 9–1–1 REQUESTS FOR 23
374	374	EMERGENCY SERVICES ; 24
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376	376	2. PERFORMING OTHER SUPPORT FUNCTI ONS DIRECTLY 25
377	377	RELATED TO 9–1–1 REQUESTS FOR EMERGEN CY SERVICES; AND 26
378	378
379	379	3. DISPATCHING LAW ENFO RCEMENT OFFIC ERS, FIRE 27
380	380	RESCUE SERVICES , EMERGENCY MEDICAL SE RVICES, AND OTHER PUBLIC SAF ETY 28
381	381	SERVICES TO THE SCEN E OF AN EMERGENCY . 29
382	382	SENATE BILL 751 9
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384	384
385	385	Article – Transportation 1
386	386
387	387	8–656. 2
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389	389	(A) IN THIS SECTION, “EMERGENCY RESPONDER ” INCLUDES AN EMPLOYEE 3
390	390	OF A COUNTY PUBLIC S AFETY ANSWERING POIN T, OR AN EMPLOYEE WORKI NG AT A 4
391	391	COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT , WHOSE DUTIES AND RES PONSIBILITIES 5
392	392	INCLUDE: 6
393	393
394	394	(1) RECEIVING AND PROCESS ING 9–1–1 REQUESTS FOR EMERGEN CY 7
395	395	SERVICES; 8
396	396
397	397	(2) PERFORMING OTHER SUPPORT FUNCTI ONS DIRECTLY RELATED 9
398	398	TO 9–1–1 REQUESTS FOR EMERGEN CY SERVICES; AND 10
399	399
400	400	(3) DISPATCHING LAW ENFOR CEMENT OFFICERS , FIRE RESCUE 11
401	401	SERVICES, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SE RVICES, AND OTHER PUBLIC SAF ETY SERVICES 12
402	402	TO THE SCENE OF AN E MERGENCY. 13
403	403
404	404	(B) The Department shall establish a process by which a member of the General 14
405	405	Assembly, another elected official, or any member of the general public may request that 15
406	406	the Department dedicate a bridge or another appropriate transportation structure under 16
407	407	the jurisdiction of the Department to: 17
408	408
409	409	(1) A deceased member of the armed forces: 18
410	410
411	411	(i) Whose home of record was in the State; and 19
412	412
413	413	(ii) Whose surviving spouse, parent, or next of kin is a recipient of 20
414	414	the U.S. Department of Defense Gold Star memorializing that the member was killed in 21
415	415	action; or 22
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417	417	(2) A firefighter, law enforcement officer, or another emergency responder 23
418	418	who died in the line of duty. 24
419	419
420	420	21–104.5. 25
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422	422	(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. 26
423	423
424	424	(2) “FIRST RESPONDER ” INCLUDES AN EMPLOYEE OF A COUNTY 27
425	425	PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWER ING POINT, OR AN EMPLOYEE WORKI NG AT A COUNTY 28
426	426	PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWER ING POINT, WHOSE DUTIES AND RES PONSIBILITIES 29
427	427	INCLUDE: 30
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430	430
431	431	(I) RECEIVING AND PROCESS ING 9–1–1 REQUESTS FOR 1
432	432	EMERGENCY SER VICES; 2
433	433
434	434	(II) PERFORMING OTHER SUPPORT FUNCTI ONS DIRECTLY 3
435	435	RELATED TO 9–1–1 REQUESTS FOR EMERGEN CY SERVICES; AND 4
436	436
437	437	(III) DISPATCHING LAW ENFOR CEMENT OFFICERS , FIRE RESCUE 5
438	438	SERVICES, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SE RVICES, AND OTHER PUBLIC SAF ETY SERVICES 6
439	439	TO THE SCENE OF AN EMERGENCY . 7
440	440
441	441	[(2)] (3) “Personal delivery device” means a powered device that: 8
442	442
443	443	(i) Is operated primarily on shoulders, sidewalks, and crosswalks; 9
444	444
445	445	(ii) Is intended for the transport of property on public rights–of–way; 10
446	446
447	447	(iii) Weighs not more than 550 pounds, excluding cargo; and 11
448	448
449	449	(iv) Is capable of navigating with or without the active control or 12
450	450	monitoring of an individual. 13
451	451
452	452	[(3)] (4) (i) “Personal delivery device operator” means an entity or its 14
453	453	agent that exercises active or passive physical control or monitoring over the navigation 15
454	454	system and operation of a personal delivery device. 16
455	455
456	456	(ii) “Personal delivery device operator” does not include a person 17
457	457	that: 18
458	458
459	459	1. Requests or receives the services of a personal delivery 19
460	460	device to transport property; or 20
461	461
462	462	2. Arranges for and dispatches a personal delivery device to 21
463	463	provide service to another person. 22
464	464
465	465	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 23
466	466	October 1, 2022. 24