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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="7-202" title_number="7" title_name="Parole, Release on Mandatory Supervision, and Executive Clemency" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Parole Commission">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission consists of ten members.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>With the approval of the Governor and the advice and consent of the Senate, the Secretary shall appoint the members of the Commission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each commissioner shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>be appointed without regard to political affiliation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>be a resident of the State; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>have training and experience in law, sociology, psychology, psychiatry, education, social work, or criminology.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each commissioner:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall devote full time to the duties of the Commission; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may not have any other employment that conflicts with the commissioner’s devotion of full time to the duties of the Commission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of a commissioner is 6 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At the end of a term, a commissioner continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A commissioner who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>With the approval of the Governor, the Secretary may remove a commissioner for disability, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Before removing a commissioner, the Secretary shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>give the commissioner written notice of the charges against the commissioner; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>hold a public hearing on the charges.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a commissioner is unable to perform the commissioner’s duties because of sickness, incapacity, or disqualification, the Secretary may appoint a hearing examiner to the Commission to perform those duties until that commissioner is able to resume those duties or until a new commissioner is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A hearing examiner appointed under this subsection is entitled to the same compensation as a commissioner.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A hearing examiner appointed under this subsection may not participate in a proceeding before the Commission in which the hearing examiner participated as a hearing examiner.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>With the approval of the Governor, the Secretary shall designate a chairperson of the Commission from among its members.</text>
  </level>
</section>
