Section 13-408 - Executive Board - Membership; chair. - Maryland Statutes

§ 13-408. Executive Board - Membership; chair.
 

(a)  Specified members.- The Executive Board shall include: 

(1) the chair of the Council; 

(2) the Governor or the Governor's designee; 

(3) the Secretary or the Secretary's designee; 

(4) the Secretary of Agriculture or the designee of the Secretary of Agriculture; 

(5) the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene or the designee of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene; 

(6) the Secretary of Housing and Community Development or the designee of the Secretary of Housing and Community Development; 

(7) the Secretary of Natural Resources or the designee of the Secretary of Natural Resources; 

(8) the Director of the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service or the Director's designee; 

(9) two representatives of the Maryland Municipal League, selected from rural regions of the State; 

(10) two representatives of the Maryland Association of Counties, selected from rural regions of the State; 

(11) one representative of each of the rural regional planning and development councils in the State; 

(12) one representative of each of the resource, conservation, and development councils in the State; 

(13) one or more representatives of units of the federal government; 

(14) one representative from Garrett County, Allegany County, or Washington County; 

(15) one representative from Carroll County or Frederick County; 

(16) one representative from Calvert County, Charles County, or St. Mary's County; 

(17) one representative from Cecil County or Harford County; 

(18) one representative from Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, or Worcester County; 

(19) one representative of the private for-profit sector; 

(20) one representative of the not-for-profit sector; 

(21) no more than six representatives of statewide not-for-profit organizations with a rural focus; 

(22) two at-large members, selected by the membership of the Council; and 

(23) as nonvoting members, the senators and delegates appointed to the Council under § 13-405(b)(3) of this subtitle. 

(b)  Selection and service of members.- Members of the Executive Board shall be selected and serve in accordance with the bylaws of the Council. 

(c)  Expansion of membership.- The Council may expand the membership of the Executive Board through the bylaws of the Council. 

(d)  Chair.- The chair of the Council is the chair of the Executive Board. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 41, § 15-104(c)(2), (3), (d); 2008, ch. 306, § 2.]