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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 757

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 70A (d) and 70B(e) of Article 41 -
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and 1975 Supplement) be and they are hereby repealed and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.

(d) Subject to the authority of the Secretary of

Public Safety and Correctional Services, the Commission

is vested with the following authority, responsibility
and duty:

(1)    To prescribe standards for the approval
and continuation of approval of entrance—level and
in-service schools at which police training and security
training courses required by this section shall be
conducted, including but not limited to present existing
State, regional, county, and municipal police training
schools;

(2)    To approve and issue certificates of
approval to such training schools, to inspect such
schools from time to time, and to revoke for cause any
approval or certificate issued to such school;

(3)    To prescribe the curriculum, the minimum
courses of study, attendance requirements, eligibility to
attend, equipment and facilities, and standards of
operation for such training schools;

(4)    To prescribe minimum qualifications for
instructors at such schools and to certify, as qualified,
instructors for approved training schools and to issue
appropriate certificates to such instructors;

(5)    To certify officers who have
satisfactorily completed training programs and to issue
appropriate certificates to such officers;

(6)    TO CONDUCT AND OPERATE APPROVED POLICE
TRAINING SCHOOLS AS DEFINED IN THIS SUBTITLE;

[(5)] (7) To appoint, with the approval of
the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services,
an executive director, to serve at its pleasure, who
shall perform general administrative functions, and to
fix his compensation;

[(7)] (8) To employ such other persons as
may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this
section, upon approval of the Secretary of Public Safety
and Correctional Services and the legislature;