Section 12-202 - Membership. - Maryland Statutes

§ 12-202. Membership.
 

(a)  Composition; appointment of members.-  

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

(c)  Tenure of members appointed by Governor; vacancies.-  

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

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

[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 406A; 1981, ch. 237, § 2; 1982, ch. 616; 1986, ch. 789; 1987, ch. 306, § 3; 2006, ch. 44, § 6; 2010, ch. 416.]