Section 3-102 - Effect of subtitle. - Maryland Statutes

§ 3-102. Effect of subtitle.
 

(a)  Conflicting law superseded.- Except for the administrative hearing process under Title 3, Subtitle 2 of this article that relates to the certification enforcement power of the Police Training Commission, this subtitle supersedes any other law of the State, a county, or a municipal corporation that conflicts with this subtitle. 

(b)  Preemption of local law.- Any local law is preempted by the subject and material of this subtitle. 

(c)  Authority of chief not limited.- This subtitle does not limit the authority of the chief to regulate the competent and efficient operation and management of a law enforcement agency by any reasonable means including transfer and reassignment if: 

(1) that action is not punitive in nature; and 

(2) the chief determines that action to be in the best interests of the internal management of the law enforcement agency. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, §§ 728(c), 734B; 2003, ch. 5, § 2.]