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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 462

Article 41 — Governor — Executive and

Administrative Departments
Section 70A(a) (8), 70B(d) (1), 111(1), 256C(b)(2),

266DD-5(d) and (o), 412(c) and 468(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 70 A (a) (8), 70B(d) (1), 111(1),
256C(b) (2), 266DD-6(d) and (o), 412(c) and 468(b) of
Article 4 1 — Governor — Executive and Administrative
Departments of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971
Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and they are
hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 41 — Governor — Executive and
Administrative Departments

70A.

(a) As used in this section:

(8) "Police officer" means a [members]
MEMBER of a police force, sheriff's office, or other
law—enforcement organization of State, county or
municipal government who is responsible for the
prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of
the laws of the State as defined in § 70A (a) (4) of this
act, but does not include any person serving as such
solely by virtue of his occupying any other office or
position, nor does the term include a sheriff,
Superintendent of State Police, commissioner of police,
deputy or assistant commissioner of police, chief of
police, deputy or assistant chief of police, or any
person having an equivalent title who is appointed or
employed by a government to exercise equivalent
supervisory authority.

70B.

(d) (1) The Commission, at its initial
organization meeting to be held promptly after the
appointment and qualifications of its members, and
thereafter annually, shall elect a vice—chairman from
among its members. The Commission shall meet at such
times within the State of Maryland as a majority of its
members or its chairman or the Secretary of Public Safety
and [Correction'] CORRECTIONAL SERVICES may determine. A
majority of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of any business, the performance of any
duty, or for the exercise of any of its authority.

111.

It shall be the duty of the Board in carrying out
its powers authorized herein.