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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 36.01.01.03" title_num="36" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="01" heading="Commission.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Overview of Commission.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Commission is included in the Agency.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Commission may advise the Director on the administration and operation of the Agency in accordance with the lottery law.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The Agency shall assist the Commission to carry out its statutory and regulatory obligations.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Operational Procedures.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Meetings.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The Commission shall:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Determine the times and places of its meetings;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Set its procedures for frequency, notice, and conduct of meetings;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Annually elect a chair from among its members; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Act only if at least four members concur.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The Commission may annually elect a vice chair from among its members.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Minutes.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The Director is the Secretary of the Commission.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The Secretary of the Commission shall, as soon as practicable after the Commission meets, prepare minutes of the meeting and make them available to the public as required under §3-306 of the General Provisions Article, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Powers of Commission. The Commission may:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Issue subpoenas to compel attendance of witnesses at any place within the State in the course of any investigation or hearing conducted under the gaming law and sports wagering law;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Administer oaths and require testimony under oath before the Commission in the course of any investigation or hearing conducted under the gaming law, lottery law, and sports wagering law;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Serve or cause to be served its process or notices in a manner provided for service of process in civil actions under the Maryland Rules; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Propound written interrogatories.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>