(a) The Law-Enforcement Professional Standards Subcommittee is continued as a subcommittee of the Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Correction. The subcommittee has the following responsibilities:
- (1) Review and administer programs for qualification, training and certification of law-enforcement officers in the state; and
- (2) Consider applications by law-enforcement officers whose certification is deemed inactive as a result of his or her separation from employment with a law-enforcement agency.
(b) The subcommittee shall be comprised of eleven members, including one representative of each of the following:
- (1) West Virginia State Police;
- (2) Law-enforcement section of the Department of Natural Resources;
- (3) West Virginia Sheriffs' Association;
- (4) West Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police;
- (5) West Virginia Deputy Sheriffs' Association;
- (6) West Virginia State Lodge Fraternal Order of Police;
- (7) West Virginia Municipal League;
- (8) West Virginia Association of County Officials;
- (9) Human Rights Commission;
- (10) West Virginia Troopers Association; and
- (11) The public at large.
- (c) The subcommittee shall elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson. Special meetings may be held upon the call of the chairperson, vice chairperson or a majority of the members of the subcommittee. A majority of the members of the subcommittee who are present in person, by proxy or designation, or by electronic means constitutes a quorum. Any member appointed to the subcommittee who is a written designated representative has the full rights of a member, including the right to vote, serve on subcommittees or perform any other function.