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Maryland Code, Economic Development § 13-703

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) 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 commissioners from their respective 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 item (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of this subsection; and

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

(b)(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.

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