Marvin Mandel, Governor                            221

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,,
That Section 4 (a) of Article 88C of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Supplement), title "State Planning," be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

4.

(a) There shall be a State Planning Commission within the
Department of State Planning, which shall constitute an advisory
board for the Department of State Planning. The State Planning
Commission shall consist of nine members, seven of whom shall
be appointed by the Governor, 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 appointed, except
that of the members originally appointed four shall be appointed
for a two-year term and the remainder for a four-year [terms]
term. Members appointed by the Secretary of State Planning and in
office on July 1, 1971, shall continue in office until the expiration of
their terms. The Governor shall fill by appointment any vacancy
for the unexpired balance of a member's term. Two members of the
Commission shall be ex officio members, one of whom shall be a mem-
ber 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 President thereof.
All members shall serve without compensation but shall be reim-
bursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their
duties. The Governor 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 Secretary or
on the call of the chairman. The chairman shall call a meeting of
the Commission whenever requested to do so by the Secretary of
State Planning or by any three members of the Commission. The
Secretary of State Planning shall designate another member of the
staff of the Department of State Planning, who shall serve as
Secretary to the Commission in addition to his regular duties of
employment with the Department of State Planning.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved April 11, 1972

CHAPTER 26
(Senate Bill 224)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 7C 7(C)
and 12-IA of Article 77A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969
Replacement Volume and 1971 Supplement), title "Higher Educa-
tion," subtitles, respectively, "Community Colleges," and "State
Colleges," correcting certain errors in the laws relating generally
to community colleges and state colleges.