Section 13-603 - Membership. - Maryland Statutes

§ 13-603. Membership.
 

(a)  Composition; appointment.- The Council consists of: 

(1) the members of the General Assembly representing the region, as voting members; 

(2) the commissioners of Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's counties, as voting members; 

(3) one voting member appointed by the president of the Southern Maryland Municipal Association; 

(4) one voting member at large from each county, appointed by the commissioners of the county with the concurrence of the members of the General Assembly representing the county; 

(5) one nonvoting member from each county, appointed jointly by the economic development commission and the planning and zoning commission of the county; and 

(6) one nonvoting member appointed by the Department and the Department of Planning. 

(b)  Tenure; vacancies.-  

(1) An ex officio member is a member only during the member's term of office. 

(2) A member at large serves at the pleasure of the elected members who represent the same county. 

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

(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. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 20, §§ 2-101 to 2-104; 2008, ch. 306, § 2.]