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MONTGOMERY COUNTY

bond," Section 40-3, title "Submission of requests for
funds; granting not mandatory," of Chapter 40, title
"Sandy Spring"; Section 41-1, title "Area defined,"
Section 4 1-2, title "Annual levy; treasurer's bond and
duties," of Chapter 41, title "Silver Spring"; Section
42—1, title "Special levy on Precinct 22 for fire
protection," of Chapter 42, title "Takoma Park"; and
existing Section 4 3-1, title "Area defined; annual
levy," Section 43-2, title "Procedure for making
annual levy," Section 43-3, title "Treasurer's duties,
bond, etc.," of Chapter 43, title "Upper Montgomery
County," of the Montgomery County Code 1965, as
amended, are hereby repealed in their entirety as
obsolete.

SECTION 7. Section 2-83, title "Fire Board,"
Article XIII, title "Advisory Boards," Chapter 2,
title "Administration," of Title I, title "General
Local Laws," of the Montgomery County Code 1965, as
amended, is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

Sec. 2-83. Fire Board.

(a) Fire Board Established and
Membership.

There is hereby established a

Montgomery County Fire Board to be composed of the
chief of each fire department and rescue squad within
the County, including the chief of the fire department
of the City of Takoma Park, Maryland, and one elected
delegate from each fire department and each rescue
squad said delegate to be elected annually in June
from among the membership of the respective
departments and squads except as to the second
delegate from the City of Takoma Park. The second
delegate from the City of Takoma Park shall be
appointed by the Mayor and City Council of the City of
Takoma Park from nominations submitted to them by the
Takoma Park Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. Any
vacancy occurring among delegates shall be filled
within 30 days by the squad, department, or city in
the manner of the original election or appointment.
Such delegate shall serve until the next annual
election. The chiefs and elected delegates will vote
as individual representatives of their respective
departments and squads and shall not be bound by their
departments' or squads' decision in any vote which