Section 3-203 - Membership. - Maryland Statutes

§ 3-203. Membership.
 

(a)  Composition; appointment of members.-  

(1) The Commission consists of 15 members. 

(2) Of the 15 members of the Commission: 

(i) one shall be the President of the Maryland Chiefs of Police Association; 

(ii) one shall be the President of the Maryland Sheriffs Association; 

(iii) one shall be the President of the Maryland Law Enforcement Officers, Inc.; 

(iv) one shall be the Attorney General of the State; 

(v) one shall be the Secretary of State Police; 

(vi) one shall be the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City; 

(vii) one shall be the Chancellor of the University System of Maryland; 

(viii) one shall be the agent in charge of the Baltimore office of the F.B.I.; 

(ix) one shall be the President of the Eastern Shore Police Association; 

(x) one shall represent the Maryland State Lodge of Fraternal Order of Police; 

(xi) one shall be the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services; 

(xii) one shall be the Chairman of the Maryland Municipal League Police Executive Association; and 

(xiii) three shall be police officials of the State appointed under subsection (b) of this section. 

(b)  Police official members.-  

(1) The Secretary shall appoint the three police officials to be members of the Commission with the approval of the Governor and the advice and consent of the Senate. 

(2) The three members appointed under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall represent different geographic areas of the State. 

(c)  Tenure; vacancies.-  

(1) The term of a member who is appointed under subsection (b) of this section is 3 years. 

(2) The terms of the members who are appointed under subsection (b) of this section are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Commission on October 1, 2003. 

(3) At the end of a term, a member who is appointed under subsection (b) of this section continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies. 

(4) A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the remainder of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies. 

(d)  Designation of representatives.- Except for the three members appointed by the Secretary under subsection (b) of this section, a member of the Commission may serve personally at a Commission meeting or may designate a representative from the member's unit, agency, or association who may act at any meeting to the same effect as if the member were personally present. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 41, § 4-201(b) (intro. lang.), (b)(1), (2); 2003, ch. 5, § 2; 2008, ch. 494.]