§ 9-917. Membership

   (a) Composition; appointment of members. --

   (1) The Commission consists of the following members appointed by the Governor.

   (2) Of the members:

      (i) 1 shall be appointed from each of the 8 congressional districts in the State;

      (ii) 1 shall be a veteran appointed from the State at large;

      (iii) 1 shall be a woman veteran appointed from the State at large;

      (iv) 1 shall be a representative of a retired enlisted organization;

      (v) 1 shall be a veteran of the Iraq or Afghanistan conflict, as defined in § 1-202(a-1) of the Public Safety Article;

      (vi) 1 shall be appointed from a list of individuals submitted to the Governor by each of the following organizations:

         1. the American Ex-Prisoners of War, Inc.;

         2. the American Legion;

         3. the Amvets;

         4. the Catholic War Veterans;

         5. the Disabled American Veterans;

         6. the Fleet Reserve Association;

         7. the Jewish War Veterans;

         8. the Marine Corps League;

         9. the Maryland Military Officers Association of America;

         10. the Military Order of the Purple Heart;

         11. the Polish Legion of American Veterans;

         12. the Veterans of Foreign Wars;

         13. the Vietnam Veterans of America;

         14. the Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.;

         15. the National Association for Black Veterans; and

         16. the Colonial Chapter of the Paralyzed Veterans of America; and

      (vii) 1 shall be an honorary nonvoting member appointed from a list of individuals submitted to the Governor by the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association.

(b) Qualifications. -- Each member must be a resident of the State and a veteran.

(c) Tenure; vacancies; termination. --

   (1) The term of an appointed member is 5 years.

   (2) The terms of the appointed members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Commission on October 1, 1984.

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

   (4) 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.

   (5) When an organization is no longer a part of the Commission, the appointment shall terminate at the end of the current member's term.

(d) Additional members. -- A new organization may not be eligible for representation on the Commission, by appointment of the Governor, unless it is congressionally chartered.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 96 1/2, § 3; 1984, ch. 284, § 1; ch. 602; 1987, ch. 15; 1989, ch. 410; 1997, ch. 60; 1999, chs. 124, 125; 2000, ch. 133; 2001, ch. 13; 2002, ch. 332; 2006, ch. 238; 2007, ch. 362; 2011, ch. 211; 2012, chs. 36, 438.