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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="5-502" title_number="5" title_name="Firearms" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Cease Fire Council">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Cease Fire Council in the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Council consists of 11 members.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Of the 11 members of the Council:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>one shall be the Secretary of Juvenile Services or a designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>one shall be the Secretary of State Police or a designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>one shall be the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services or a designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>one shall be the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy or a designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>two shall be State’s Attorneys who are recommended by the President of the Maryland State’s Attorneys’ Association, appointed by the Governor;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>one shall be a sheriff, appointed by the Governor;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>one shall represent the Maryland Chiefs of Police Association, appointed by the Governor;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>one shall represent the Maryland Municipal Police Executives Association, appointed by the Governor; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>two shall represent the public, appointed by the Governor.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The appointed members serve at the pleasure of the Governor.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The term of an appointed member is 3 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The terms of the appointed members are staggered as required by the terms provided for appointed members of the Council on October 1, 2003.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>At the end of a term, an appointed member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Secretary of State Police or the Secretary’s designee is the Chairman of the Council.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A member of the Council:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may not receive compensation as a member of the Council; but</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy shall provide staff support for the Council.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Assistant Attorney General assigned to the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy is the legal advisor to the Council.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
