Section 9-623 - Membership of sanitary commission - Multiple county districts. - Maryland Statutes

§ 9-623. Membership of sanitary commission - Multiple county districts.
 

(a)  Composition.-  

(1) The sanitary commission of a district with 2 member counties consists of at least: 

(i) One sanitary commissioner from each member county appointed as the articles of incorporation of the district provide; and 

(ii) One sanitary commissioner from either member county as the articles of incorporation of the district provide. 

(2) The sanitary commission of a multiple county district with at least 3 member counties consists of a number of sanitary commissioners equal to at least the number of member counties. 

(3) The sanitary commission of a district that adds an incoming member county consists of: 

(i) The sanitary commissioners in office before the admission of the incoming county; and 

(ii) At least one sanitary commissioner from the incoming county. 

(b)  Qualifications.- A sanitary commissioner of a multiple county district shall be a resident of the member county from which the sanitary commissioner is appointed. 

(c)  Tenure of sanitary commissioner for withdrawing county.- If a member county withdraws from a district, the term of each sanitary commissioner who was appointed from that county ends when the withdrawal is effective. 

(d)  Tenure; vacancies.-  

(1) Except for the term of the first sanitary commissioner who represents each incoming county admitted to a district, the term of a sanitary commissioner in a multiple county district is the lesser of: 

(i) 6 years; or 

(ii) The term provided in the articles of incorporation of the district. 

(2) The term of the first sanitary commissioner from an incoming county admitted to a district is 6 years. 

(3) The terms of sanitary commissioners in a multiple county district are staggered as required by the articles of incorporation of the district. 

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

(5) A sanitary commissioner in a multiple county district who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and as required by the articles of incorporation of the district. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 649; 1982, ch. 240, § 2; 2006, ch. 44, § 6.]