SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                        799

gional community colleges for two or more counties or for one or
more counties and Baltimore City, subject, however, to the prior
approval of the county commissioners, county councils, or city coun-
cil, as the case may be, for each county (or Baltimore City) to
comprise the region and to support such regional community college.

(b) Board of Trustees—Generally. In the event that pursuant
to subsection (a) hereof [or Section 300(k) of this subtitle], a
regional community college is created for two or more counties or
for one or more counties and Baltimore City, the members of the
board of education (or as to Baltimore City, the board of school
commissioners) of each county (or Baltimore City) comprising the
region and supporting said regional community college shall con-
stitute a board of trustees for the purpose of administration over
said regional community college and said board of trustees shall
possess all of those powers enumerated in Section 300 of this sub-
title, . [Provided that whenever] Whenever the participating coun-
ties have different numbers of members on their respective boards
of education, representation on the board of trustees of the regional
community college for any county shall be limited to the number of
members on the smallest county school board, and whenever any
county's membership on the board of trustees is less than the number
of its school board members, the board of education for such county
shall elect from its membership those who shall serve on the board
of trustees, provided that the maximum number of members on the
board of trustees shall never exceed twelve, with an equal number
from each participating county.

(d) The county superintendent of schools (or, as to Baltimore
City, the superintendent of public instruction) of each political sub-
division within the region shall be [ex officio] members and shall
attend all meetings of the board of trustees of the regional com-
munity college [but shall have not vote BUT SHALL NOT VOTE].

300B.

(a)    Any regional board created pursuant to Section 300A which
wishes to be divested of its responsibility for the management and
control of the regional community college under its supervision may
request the Governor to appoint a new board of trustees for said
community college.

(b)     Upon the request of a board of trustees as provided in sub-
section (a) of this section, the Governor shall appoint with the
advice and consent of the Senate a new board of trustees for the
said regional community college. The said board shall consist of
seven members to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and
consent of the Senate from time to time. Of the seven members first
appointed (i) one member shall be appointed from the board of
education (or board of school commissioners) of each political sub-
division in the region, and, (ii) five members shall be appointed for
initial terms of from one to five years respectively, and two members
shall be appointed for initial terms of six years each. A majority of
the board shall not be members of the local boards of education
(or board of school commissioners) and, to effect this result and
achieve an odd number of board members, the Governor may in-
crease the size of the regional board.