Section 9-622 - Membership of sanitary commission - Single county districts. - Maryland Statutes

§ 9-622. Membership of sanitary commission - Single county districts.
 

(a)  Composition.-  

(1) The sanitary commission of each single county district consists of the following numbers of sanitary commissioners, each appointed by the governing body of the member county: 

(i) Allegany County - 7; 

(ii) Dorchester County - 6; 

(iii) Somerset County, except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection - 5; 

(iv) Worcester County - 5; and 

(v) Other counties - 3. 

(2) In a single county district in Somerset County, if there are more than 5 service areas in the single county district, the sanitary commission consists of: 

(i) One sanitary commissioner from each service area; and 

(ii) If there is an even number of service areas, one additional sanitary commissioner. 

(b)  Qualifications.-  

(1) In a single county district in Somerset County, the sanitary commission consists of: 

(i) A sanitary commissioner from each service area who is a resident of that service area; and 

(ii) If there is an even number of service areas, one additional sanitary commissioner who is a resident of the county at large. 

(2) In other counties, each sanitary commissioner shall be a resident of the county. 

(c)  Tenure.-  

(1) The term of a sanitary commissioner in a single county district is as follows: 

(i) In Dorchester County, 6 years expiring on July 1 of the appropriate year. 

(ii) In Allegany County, 6 years expiring on June 1 of the appropriate year. 

(iii) In Somerset County, 6 years expiring, as required by the terms of the sanitary commissioners on July 1, 1982, on June 1 or January 1 of the appropriate year. 

(iv) In any other county, 6 years expiring on January 1 of the appropriate year. 

(2) The terms of sanitary commissioners in a single county district are staggered as required by the terms provided for sanitary commissioners on July 1, 1989. 

(3) The terms of the first sanitary commissioners appointed in a single county district created after June 30, 1982 are as follows: 

(i) For one sanitary commissioner, 2 years expiring on the second January 1 after the single county district is created. 

(ii) For one sanitary commissioner, 4 years expiring on the fourth January 1 after the single county district is created. 

(iii) For one sanitary commissioner, 6 years expiring on the sixth January 1 after the single county district is created. 

(d)  Vacancies.-  

(1) At the end of a term, a sanitary commissioner in a single county district continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies. 

(2) A sanitary commissioner in a single county district who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies. 

(e)  Appointment of successors.- At least 1 month before the term of a sanitary commissioner in a single county district expires, the governing body of the member county shall appoint a successor. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 649; 1982, ch. 240, § 2; 1989, ch. 197; 2003, ch. 201; 2005, ch. 57; 2006, ch. 44, § 6; 2010, ch. 129.]