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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 21

(1)  EACH BOARD CONSISTS OF 7 MEMBERS APPOINTED
BY THE GOVERNOR.

(2)  THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT THE MEMBERS FROM
A LIST OF QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR BY
THE SECRETARY.

(B)  QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS.

EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD FOR A CENTER:

(1)  SHALL BE A CITIZEN OF THIS STATE;

(2)  SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF A COUNTY THAT THE
CENTER SERVES;

(3)  SHALL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY;
AND

(4)  SHALL BE KNOWN FOR AN INTEREST IN CIVIC AND
PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND FOR CONCERN ABOUT THE CARE OF CHRONICALLY
ILL INDIVIDUALS.

(C)  TENURE; VACANCIES.

(1)  THE TERM OF A MEMBER IS 4 YEARS.

(2)  THE TERMS OF MEMBERS ARE STAGGERED AS
REQUIRED BY THE TERMS PROVIDED FOR MEMBERS OF EACH BOARD ON
JULY 1, 1982. THE TERMS OF THOSE MEMBERS END AS FOLLOWS:

(I)   1 IN 1983.

(II)  4 IN 1984.

(III)   1 IN 1985.

(IV)   1 IN 1986.

(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)  A MEMBER WHO SERVES 2 CONSECUTIVE FULL
4-YEAR TERMS MAY NOT BE REAPPOINTED FOR 4 YEARS AFTER
COMPLETION OF THOSE TERMS.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsections (a), (b), and (c)(1), (4),
and (5) are new language derived without
substantive change from former Article 43, §
603(b), the second clause of (a), and the second
and third sentence and the first clause of the