§ 9-602. State personnel monitoring or recording telephone conversation

   (a) Prohibited. --

   (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a State official or employee may not directly or indirectly monitor or record in any manner a telephone conversation made to or from a State unit.

   (2) If prior approval is granted by the Attorney General, a State official or employee may monitor or record a telephone conversation:

      (i) on telephone lines used exclusively for incoming police, fire, and rescue calls; or

      (ii) with recorder-connector equipment that automatically produces a distinctive recorder tone repeated at approximately 15-second intervals.

(b) Penalty. -- A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $ 1,000.

(c) Dismissal. -- Conviction of a violation of this section is also grounds for immediate dismissal from State employment.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 555B; 2002, ch. 26, § 2; 2003, ch. 21, § 1.