for tax-sheltered income deferral, tax-deferred an-
nuity, and profit sharing and salary reduction.
They enable State employees and teachers to se-
cure the tax advantages of such plans.

Appointed by the Governor, the Board consists
of nine members. Three are appointed from the
following departments and offices: the Depart-
ments of Personnel, Budget and Fiscal Planning,
and Education; the Comptroller of the Treasury;
the Treasurer of the State; the State Retirement
Agency; or the State Board for Higher Education.
Three are appointed from those eligible to partici-
pate in one or more of the plans. Three are public
members who are not eligible to participate in the
plans. At least one public member must have ex-
perience with deferred compensation and salary
reduction plans. Members serve four-year terms.
The Governor designates the chairperson (Code
1957, Art. 73C, sees. 1-8).

TRI-COUNTY COUNCIL FOR
SOUTHERN MARYLAND

Chairperson: William T. Bowen

Southern Maryland Legislative Delegation: J.
Ernest Bell; Bernie Fowler; Samuel C. Linton;
Thomas A. Rymer; James C. Simpson; John F.
Slade; Michael J. Sprague; John F. Wood, Jr.

County Commissioners: William T. Bowen,
Barbara Stinnett, Joyce L. Terhes (Calvert);
Murray D. Levy, Thomas M. Middleton, Nancy
J. Sefton (Charles); W. Edward Bailey, Robert T.
Jarboe, John G. Lancaster (St. Mary's).

Southern Maryland Municipal Association:
Warren A. Bowie

Members at Large: John T. Parran, Jr.; J. Frank
Raley; John Whisman.

Nonvoting members: Matthew Gambrill,
Raymond T. Tilghman, William E. Curtis
(County Economic Development Commissions);
Edward M. Blanchard, Maurice Lusby, Joseph M.
Gough, Jr. (County Planning Commissions);
Edwin L. Thomas, Department of State Planning;
Edward Wise, Department of Housing and
Community Development.

Executive Director: Gary V. Hodge

P.O. Box 1634
Charlotte Hall 20622 Telephone: 884-2144
D.C. area: 870-2520

The Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland
was formed on December 6, 1964, as a coopera-
tive planning and development agency to foster
the economic and social development of the
Southern Maryland region, and to initiate and co-
ordinate plans and projects for the development of
human and economic resources in Calvert,
Charles and St. Mary's counties.

In 1965, the Governor recognized the Council
as the cooperative planning and development
agency for Southern Maryland. The Council was
established by statute in 1966 (Chapter 586, Acts
of 1966) and became a tax-exempt corporation in
1970 (Chapter 573, Acts of 1970). The Council's
enabling law was reenacted as State general legis-
lation in 1976 (Chapter 708, Acts of 1976). In
1984, the status of the Council as an independent
agency was confirmed (Chapter 373, Acts of
1984).

The Council brings together local, State and
federal resources to attain regional goals and ad-
dress areawide issues. The Council is active in five
program areas: economic development; tourism
promotion; environmental protection; and region-
al resource management, which includes issues re-
lated to transportation, utilities, urban growth and
development, housing, and public facilities and
services. The Council, in 1979, was empowered to
reevaluate the General Development Plan for
Southern Maryland at least every four years, fol-
lowing the election of State and local officials
(Chapter 36, Acts of 1979).

In recent years the Council has been a major
contributor to State policies and programs to re-
store the Patuxent River, and it cooperated with
the Maryland Heritage Committee in the coordi-
nation and promotion of Maryland's 350th anni-
versary in 1984.

Annually, the Council submits its proposed
work programs and operating budget for the fol-
lowing fiscal year to the Department of Housing
and Community Development.

The Council consists of twenty-nine members.
Twenty-one are voting members. They include the
State senators and delegates representing Calvert,
Charles and St. Mary's counties; three county
commissioners from each county; one member ap-
pointed by the Southern Maryland Municipal As-
sociation; and one member at large from each
Southern Maryland county. The eight non voting
members represent each County Planning Com-
mission and County Economic Development
Commission of the Southern Maryland counties;