MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                        377

the Director of Planning in the performance of his duties] which
shall constitute an Advisory Board for the Department of State
Planning. The State Planning Commission shall consist of [nine]
seven members, [seven of whom shall be] appointed by the [Gover-
nor] Secretary of State Planning, of whom none shall be persons
holding a salaried State office, selected, as far as possible, to reflect
different broad geographic, economic and social interests in the
State. They shall serve for four-year terms, beginning as of June 1
in the year in which appointed, and until their successors are ap-
pointed, except that of the members originally appointed four shall
be appointed for a two-year term and the remainder for a four-year
term. MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR AND IN
OFFICE ON JULY 1, 1969, SHALL CONTINUE IN OFFICE
UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THEIR TERMS. The [Gov-
ernor] Secretary shall fill by appointment any vacancy for
the unexpired balance of a member's term. [Two mem-
bers of the Commission shall be ex officio members, one of whom
shall be a member of the House of Delegates of Maryland to be
designated by the Speaker thereof, and the other of whom shall be
a member of the Senate of Maryland to be designated by the Presi-
dent thereof.] All members shall serve without compensation but
shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the per-
formance of their duties. The [Governor] Secretary shall appoint
a chairman of the Commission. The State Planning Commission shall
meet as often as necessary but at least twice each year, either on
the call of the [Governor] Secretary, or on the call of the chairman.
The chairman shall call a meeting of the Commission whenever re-
quested to do so by the [Director] Secretary of State Planning or by
any three members of the Commission. The [Director] Deputy
Secretary of State Planning or [a] another staff member of the
Department of State Planning designated by the [Director] Sec-
retary shall serve as secretary to the Commission.

(b)    The State Planning Commission may from time to time, with
the approval of the Secretary of State Planning, establish sub-
committees and may delegate such of its functions to subcommittees
as it may deem appropriate. The chairman of the Planning Com-
mission may appoint to membership of the subcommittees non-mem-
bers of the Commission specially qualified in matters to be con-
sidered by such subcommittees. Unless authorized by a majority
vote of the State Planning Commission, and approved by the Sec-
retary of State Planning, the number of such special subcommittee
members serving on any one subcommittee shall be less than the
number of members of the State Planning Commission serving on
such subcommittee. All members of a subcommittee shall be re-
imbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of
their duties.

(c)    The State Planning Commission shall advise and report to
the S