Montgomery County                                   2291

Sec. 83-35. Compensation of Board Members.

As compensation, each member of the board shall be paid at such
rate as the county council shall affix from time to time by resolution.

Sec. 83-36. Staff.

The county shall make available to the board such services and facili-
ties of the county as are necessary or appropriate for the proper perform-
ance of its duties, and the county attorney shall serve as counsel to the
board.

Sec. 83-37. Reciprocity.

The board of electrical examiners may certify to the director any
applicant as qualified to be licensed, without examination by the board,
if such applicant is currently licensed in another jurisdiction in the State
of Maryland, the District of Columbia, or Virginia, which jurisdiction has
examinations and qualification procedures which have been found by the
board to be equivalent to those required for licensing in Montgomery County,
Maryland and which grants similar reciprocity to Montgomery County
licensees.

Sec. 83-38. Existing Licenses.

The board of electrical examiners may renew licenses under this
chapter, without new examination, to any applicant who at the effective
date of this act held an existing Montgomery County electrical contractor's
license or special electrical contractor's license. As to existing holders of
a special electrical contractor's license, the board may in granting or
renewing an electrical contractor's limited license designate the particular
license classification for which the licensee is qualified as provided for in
Sec. 83-24 (b).

Section 2. After December 5, 1970, appointment of members of the
board of electrical examiners, and designation of the chairman hereunder
shall be by the county executive subject to council confirmation, pursuant
to the Charter.

Section 3. This Act shall take effect on the 76th day following its
enactment.

Chapter 15
(Bill No. 15-69)

An Act to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 2-113 and
Section 2-118 of the Montgomery County Code 1965, title "General
Local Laws," chapter "Administration," article "Finance and Taxation
Generally," division "Financing Public Facilities Generally," amending
the laws relating to the issuance of bonds for financing public facilities
to remove the maximum allowable interest rate on bonds of Mont-
gomery County and to provide that the principal amount of all bonds,
certificates of indebtedness, notes or other obligations of the County
issued and outstanding shall not exceed that percentage of the as-
sessable basis of the County provided by Public General Law of the
State of Maryland as amended from time to time.

Be It Enacted by the County Council for Montgomery County, Mary-
land, that—