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DELEGATE MAURER: Mr. Chairman,
there is an amendment which is not yet
printed with the names of several delegates
on it and I wonder if we might have an
opportunity to return to it when it is
printed.
THE CHAIRMAN: What section?
DELEGATE MAURER: 4.20.
THE CHAIRMAN: All right.
Any other amendments to section 4.20?
The Chair hears none.
Are there any amendments to section
4.21?
Delegate Storm.
DELEGATE STORM: I have an amend-
ment that is labelled "A" as in able.
THE CHAIRMAN: There is a true Navy
man.
The pages will please distribute the
amendment marked A. Please mark it
Amendment No. 22.
The Clerk will read the amendment.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 22
to Committee Recommendation EB-1 by
Delegate Storm: On page 8 Section 4.21,
Appointment of Heads of principal Depart-
ments and Chief Administrative Officers,
line 30, after the word "departments" in-
sert the words "or as members of boards
and Commissions serving as heads of prin-
cipal departments"; and on page 8 line 31,
strike out the word "occupational".
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment is
proposed by Delegate Storm.
Is it seconded?
Delegate Bennett.
DELEGATE BENNETT: I second the
amendment.
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair recog-
nizes Delegate Storm to speak to the
amendment.
DELEGATE STORM: Mr. Chairman
and fellow delegates, I feel that this will
be the last time I will be compelled to talk
for some time. This is a very important
amendment.
The use of the word "occupational" is a
rather restrictive word on the qualifications
which may be provided by the General As-
sembly.
I am suggesting that we eliminate "oc-
cupational" qualifications and just say
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qualifications, and for this reason: there
are now a number of boards or commissions
and some of these may be principal depart-
ments which provide that there will be at
least two parties represented on the board
or commission.
In other words, minority party repre-
sentation could be a qualification unless we
say that we mean a professional or occupa-
tional qualification.
Another example would be a geographical
qualification. For example, we might want
to require someone from the Washington
metropolitan area, or better perhaps, Frede-
rick County, to sit on a principal depart-
ment board that might have something to
do with the Washington metropolitan area,
or we might want to require for the State
Road Commission that one member come
from Montgomery County and another
from Prince George's and one from Balti-
more City, or whatever way the legislature
would set this up.
I submit we should not hamstring the
legislature in providing qualifications. When
we look to the future, there may be times
when it will be advisable to have some
qualifications other than just professional
qualifications in providing membership on
these boards or commissions.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Morgan.
DELEGATE MORGAN: Unless there is
some objection from members of the Com-
mittee, I am inclined to accept this amend-
ment.
THE CHAIRMAN: Does any member of
the Committee on the Executive Branch de-
sire to speak in opposition to the amend-
ment?
Delegate Miller, Beatrice Miller.
DELEGATE B. MILLER: I have a
question, Mr. Chairman.
THE CHAIRMAN: To whom is the
question addressed?
DELEGATE B. MILLER: To Delegate
Morgan.
THE CHAIRMAN: State the question.
DELEGATE B. MILLER: In the memo-
randum accompanying this amendment it
says in the opinion of the Committee the
General Assembly could provide for no spe-
cial qualification unless this section so pre-
scribed it.
Because of that they inserted the word
"occupational." Is this your interpretation,
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