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(b)    The appointments to the Advisory Board for Correction,
Parole and Probation shall be without regard to political affiliation.
Members of the Advisory Board shall be interested, and preferably
experienced, in one or more of the fields of penology, corrections,
parole and probation, law and social welfare, and at least two of the
members shall be women. They shall be persons of ability and under-
standing, and of respected position in their several respective com-
munities. All of them shall be residents of this State. Members of
the Advisory Board shall receive no compensation for their services,
but they may be reimbursed for necessary and proper expenses
incurred in their duties as such.

(c)    The Advisory Board for Correction, Parole and Probation
shall meet at least bimonthly, at a time and place designated by it or
its Chairman. In addition, the Advisory Board shall meet at such
other times as requested by the Secretary of Public Safety and Cor-
rectional Services or the Deputy Secretary for Correctional Services.

(d)    The Advisory Board for Correction, Parole and Probation
shall study and observe procedures in and the development and
progress of the correction, parole and probation systems of this State.
The Board shall make suggestions and give advice with respect to
the State's correction, parole and probation systems to the Secretary,
the Deputy Secretary for Correctional Services, the Commissioner
of Correction, the Board of Parole, and the Director of Parole and
Probation.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Sections 4, 5, 6, 7(a), 8
and 10 of Article 16A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957
Edition, 1966 Replacement Volume and 1969 Supplement), title
"Civil Defense," subtitle "Maryland Civil Defense Act," be and they
are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, all to read as
follows:

4.

(a)    The Governor is hereby authorized and directed to create a
Civil Defense and Emergency Planning Agency, [and to] The
Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services shall with the
approval of the Governor, appoint a Director of Civil Defense who
shall be the administrator thereof. The Civil Defense and Emergency
Planning Agency shall be part of the Department of Public Safety
and Correctional Services. The Director shall hold office during the
pleasure of the [Governor] Secretary, and shall receive such salary
as is provided in the budget.

(b)    [The] Subject to the authority of the Secretary of Public
Safety and Correctional Services, the Director may employ profes-
sional, technical, clerical, stenographic, and other personnel within
the appropriations and (except as to the position of Director) sub-
ject to the conditions and limitations contained in Article 64A of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition, as amended from
time to time) [. The] , and the Director may make such expendi-
tures within the appropriations, or from other funds made available
to him for purposes of civil defense, as may be necessary, to carry
out the purposes of this subtitle. He shall be provided with necessary
and appropriate office space, furniture, equipment, supplies, station-
ery and printing.