§ 13-603. Membership  


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  •    (a) Composition; appointment. -- The Council consists of:

       (1) the members of the General Assembly representing the region, as voting members;

       (2) the commissioners of Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's counties, as voting members;

       (3) one voting member appointed by the president of the Southern Maryland Municipal Association;

       (4) one voting member at large from each county, appointed by the commissioners of the county with the concurrence of the members of the General Assembly representing the county;

       (5) one nonvoting member from each county, appointed jointly by the economic development commission and the planning and zoning commission of the county; and

       (6) one nonvoting member appointed by the Department and the Department of Planning.

    (b) Tenure; vacancies. --

       (1) An ex officio member is a member only during the member's term of office.

       (2) A member at large serves at the pleasure of the elected members who represent the same county.

       (3) At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed.

       (4) Except for an ex officio member, a member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed.


HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 20, § 2-101 to 2-104; 2008, ch. 306, § 2.