Ch. 3

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(H) REMOVAL.

THE GOVERNOR MAY REMOVE A MEMBER FOR INCOMPETENCE,
MISCONDUCT, NEGLECT OF DUTIES, OR OTHER SUFFICIENT CAUSE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsections (a) through (c), (g)(1), (3),
and (4), and (h) of this section are new language
derived without substantive change from former Art. 75
1/2, § 4, § 6, and § 3(c) and (d)(3) and the first
clause of (2).

Subsections (d) and (e)(2) of this section are new
language that repeats the provisions of present Art.
41, § 8-102(d) and (e) and the second sentence of (c).

Subsection (e)(1) of this section is standard language
added as an inherent and essential corollary to
subsection (d)(4) of this section.

Subsection (f) of this section is standard language
substituted for former Art. 75 1/2, § 3(d)(1), which
required an appointee to "receive a certificate of his
appointment from the Governor" and to "file with the
Secretary of State his written oath ... for the
faithful discharge of his official duty." The
substituted language clarifies that the oath to be
taken is that required for all appointees to offices
of profit or trust. Under Art. 70, §§ 7 and 12 of the
Code, the oath is taken before a clerk of court, who
submits a report to the Secretary of State.

Subsection (g)(2) of this section is new language
substituted for the second through sixth clauses of
former Art. 75 1/2, § 3(d)(2), which provided for the
terms of members appointed under Ch. 208, Acts of
1978, and was obsolete. This substitution is not
intended to alter the term of any member of the Board.

See § 7 of Ch. ___, Acts of 1989. Accordingly, in

subsection (g)(1) of this section, the specific
reference to "July 1" is added. The terms of the
members serving on October 1, 1989, end as follows:
(1) 1 in 1990; (2) 1 in 1991; (3) 2 in 1992; (4) 1 in
1993; and (5) 1 in 1994.

In subsection (a)(1) and (2)(ii) of this section,
respectively, the references to a total Board
membership of 6 members and to 2 consumer members are
substituted for the former references to "five"
members, including "one ... member from the public".
These substitutions reflect that, in accordance with
the provisions now codified as Art. 41, § 8-102(c) of
the Code, the Governor chose to add a consumer member.
The position is considered to be a permanent addition
to the Board membership.

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