WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 124

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, pursuant to Article III,
Section 35 of the Constitution of Maryland, this Act may not be construed to extend or
apply to the salary or compensation of the County Commissioners, Sheriff, and
Treasurer of Calvert County in office on the effective date of this Act, but the
provisions of this Act concerning the salary or compensation of the County
Commissioners, Sheriff, and Treasurer of Calvert County shall take effect at the
beginning of the next following term of office.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1990.

Approved April 24, 1990.

CHAPTER 124
(House Bill 70)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Board of Trustees

FOR the purpose of adding the State Comptroller to the Board of Trustees of the
Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Agriculture
Section 2-503(a)(l)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1985 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Agriculture

2-503.

(a) (1) The Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation shall be
governed and administered by a board of trustees composed of the State Treasurer, who
shall serve as an ex officio member, THE COMPTROLLER, WHO SHALL SERVE AS
AN EX OFFICIO MEMBER, and the Secretary who shall serve as an ex officio
member, and nine members from the State at-large to be appointed by the Governor, at
least five of whom shall be farmer representatives from different areas of the State. The
State Treasurer may appoint, as the Treasurer's designee, a deputy treasurer to serve
on the board of trustees. One of the at-large members who is not a farmer
representative shall be a representative of the Office of Planning. All of the farmer
representatives shall be actively engaged, or retired from active farming. Three of the
five farmer representatives shall be appointed as follows:

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