MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                            1319

temporary transfer of employees to such departments,
agencies, local governments or such planning agencies to
the Department [of State Planning] or for the temporary
transfer of employees of the Department [of State
Planning] to such departments, agencies, local
governments or such planning agencies, and for the
temporary exchange of employees between the Department
[of State Planning] and such other agencies, for periods
not exceeding ninety days for any one transfer. Such
agreements shall not require the approval of the State
Commissioner of Personnel, and employees so transferred
shall, for purposes of the provisions of the classified
service law, be deemed to have continued to serve in the
position from which they were temporarily transferred or
exchanged. In connection with such temporary transfers
or exchanges of employees, the Secretary may agree to
reimburse, or to receive reimbursement from the
departments, agencies or local governments concerned.
The Secretary may, also, from time to time, contract for
professional or consultant services in connection with
the work of the [Planning] Department.

[4. ] 6. State Planning Commission.

(a) Creation; membership; qualifications; term;
vacancies; expenses of members; meetings. —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 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 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
President thereof. All members shall serve without
compensation but shall be reimbursed 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