2634                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 519

designate a member of their respective association, office,
department, university or agency to represent them and to act for
them at the said meetings to the same effect as if they were
personally present.

(c)  (1) The deputy secretary of public safety and
correctional services or the deputy secretary's representative,
shall be chairman of the Commission. 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, and
shall meet at such other times within the State of Maryland as it
or its chairman 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.

(2)  The Commission shall maintain minutes of its
meetings and such other records as it deems necessary.

(3)  The members of the Commission shall receive no
salary but all members shall be reimbursed in accordance with the
standard travel regulations for their expenses lawfully incurred
in the performance of their official functions.

(4)  The Commission shall report at least annually to
the Governor, the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional
Services, and, subject to § 2-1312 of the State Government
Article, the General Assembly as to the activities of the
Commission.

(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, and to require that the curriculum and minimum
courses of study for entry police training and, at least every 3
years, for in-service level police training conducted by the
State and all county and municipal police training schools
include special training, attention to, and study of the