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Maryland Code, Environment § 12-202

Current as of December 31, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a)(1) The Board consists of 11 members.

(2) With the advice and consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint 8 members who represent one or more of the following:

(i) Municipal government;

(ii) County government;

(iii) A sanitary or a metropolitan commission;

(iv) Waterworks supervision;

(v) Wastewater works or industrial wastewater works supervision;

(vi) Agriculture;

(vii) Industrial wastewater works superintendents; and

(viii) The Maryland Environmental Service.

(3) The Secretary shall appoint:

(i) 1 engineer member from the Department; and

(ii) 2 public members who represent the community at large.

(b) Before taking office, each appointee to the Board shall take the oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution.

(c)(1) The term of a member appointed by the Governor is 4 years.

(2) The terms of members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Board on July 1, 1981. The terms of those members end as follows:

(i) Three in 1982;

(ii) One in 1983;

(iii) One in 1984; and

(iv) Two in 1985.

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

(4) A member who is appointed by the Governor after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.

(d) The members appointed by the Secretary serve at the pleasure of the Secretary.

(e) The Governor may remove for incompetence or misconduct a member appointed by the Governor.

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