2258                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [Ch. 665

68 of Article 41 — Governor — Executive and
Administrative Departments, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) be
and it is hereby repealed and re—enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

Article 41 — Governor — Executive and
Administrative Departments

68.

All commissions issued by the Governor shall be
effective for a period of two (2) years from the date of
issue, except that commissions issued upon the
application of [the State Aviation Administration and]
the Maryland Port Administration of the Maryland
Department of Transportation are exempt from the
requirement of renewal. At the expiration of the term
the commission shall be renewable upon the application by
the requesting agency. The application shall be in a
form prescribed by the Superintendent. It shall be
accompanied by a fee of $10 to cover the costs of
renewal. All commissions in effect as of July 1, 1969,
shall be continued in effect for a period of two years,
at the end of which time they shall terminate unless
renewed as prescribed above. The Superintendent of the
State Police may prescribe a date by which applications
for renewal must be submitted to him.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Section 208C(d) be and it is hereby added to Article 41 —
Governor — Executive and Administrative Departments, of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume
and 1973 Supplement) to read as follows:

Article 41 — Governor - Executive and
Administrative Departments

208C.

(D) (1) A MEMBER OF THE TOLL FACILITIES POLICE
FORCE OF THE MARYLAND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY IS AND HAS
THE POWERS OF A PEACE [[OFFICER]] AND POLICE OFFICER ONLY
ON PROPERTY OWNED, LEASED, OPERATED OR UNDER THE CONTROL
OF THE MARYLAND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.

[[(2) THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE MARYLAND STATE
POLICE IN CONSULTATION WITH THE SECRETARY OF
TRANSPORTATION, THE SECRETARY OF PERSONNEL AND THE
MARYLAND POLICE TRAINING COMMISSION SHALL ESTABLISH AND
PROMULGATE STANDARDS, QUALIFICATIONS AND PREREQUISITES OF
CHARACTER, TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND EXPERIENCE FOR THE
POLICE FORCE, INCLUDING STANDARDS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF