§ 13-703. Membership

   (a) Composition; appointment. -- The Council consists of the following 26 members:

   (1) two commissioners from each member county;

   (2) the Director of Economic Development from each member county;

   (3) two mayors from each member county or their representatives, appointed by the respective chapters of the Maryland Municipal League for each member county;

   (4) the chair of each member county's legislative delegation to the House of Delegates, or the chair's designee;

   (5) the two members of the Senate of Maryland representing the member counties in Districts 1 and 2;

   (6) six private citizens, two from each member county, who are:

      (i) appointed by their respective commissioners;

      (ii) not listed under paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of this subsection; and

      (iii) neither elected officials nor employees of a unit of local government.

(b) Tenure; vacancies. --

   (1) A member who qualifies because of the member's elected or appointed position is a member of the Council only during the member's term of office in the elected or appointed position.

   (2) A member appointed:

      (i) under subsection (a)(3) of this section, serves at the pleasure of the commissioners for the county that the member represents;

      (ii) under subsection (a)(4) of this section, shall reside in the member county that the member represents; and

      (iii) under subsection (a)(6) of this section:

         1. serves at the pleasure of the commissioners who appointed the member; and

         2. has the same term as the commissioners who appointed the member.

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

   (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 and qualifies.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 20A, § 2-101(b), 2-102, 2-103; 2008, ch. 306, § 2; 2011, ch. 310.