Defined terms: "Commissioner" § 3-101
"Correctional facility" § 1-101
"Division" § 3-101
"Inmate" § 1-101
"Secretary" § 1-101

3-208. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER — APPOINTMENT.

(A) APPOINTMENT.

THE COMMISSIONER SHALL APPOINT A DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

(B) STATUS.

THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER IS IN THE EXECUTIVE SERVICE OF THE STATE.
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND SERVES AT THE PLEASURE OF THE
COMMISSIONER.

(C) QUALIFICATIONS.

THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE IN AND
ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE OF:

(1) CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND SYSTEMS; AND

(2) INMATE PROGRAMS.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 27, § 679(a), (b), and (c).

Subsection (a) of this section is revised in standard language that is used to
create the office of a deputy. See, e.g., AG § 2-102, BR § 2-103, EN § 1-403,
FI § 2-103, SF §§ 3-203 and 4-203, and TR § 2-102(c).

In subsection (a) of this section, the former reference to the Deputy
Commissioner's appointment "for an indefinite term" is deleted as
surplusage. A term that is not fixed is necessarily indefinite. Furthermore,
appointment "for an indefinite term" is implicit in the reference to serving
"at the pleasure of the Commissioner".

Also in subsection (a) of this section, the former phrase "[t]he office of
deputy commissioner of correction is created" is deleted as implicit in the
requirement that the Commissioner "appoint a Deputy Commissioner".

In subsection (c)(1) of this section, the reference to "correctional facilities"
is substituted for the former reference to "penal institutions" for
consistency throughout this article. See General Revisor's Note to this
article. Correspondingly, the general reference to "inmate" programs is
substituted for the former reference to "prison-use and institution-use"
programs for consistency throughout this article.