MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                            2613

(A)    NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS
2(B) AND 3 OF THIS ARTICLE, THERE IS A BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CONSISTING OF EIGHT MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR
WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES, TO
CONTROL, SUPERVISE, AND [[MANAGE]] GUIDE THE CHESAPEAKE
[[REGIONAL COMMUNITY]] COLLEGE. " THE PROVISIONS IN
SECTIONS 2 (D) AND (E) OF THIS ARTICLE DO NOT APPLY TO
THIS SECTION.

(B)    THE MEMBERSHIP CONSISTS OF TWO RESIDENTS FROM
EACH OF THE FOUR COUNTIES COMPRISING THE REGION WHICH THE
COLLEGE SERVES.

(C)    THE TERM OF MEMBERSHIP IS FOUR YEARS, EXCEPT
THAT, OF THE ORIGINAL APPOINTEES, FOUR MEMBERS, ONE FROM
EACH COUNTY, ARE TO SERVE A TWO YEAR TERM AND FOUR
MEMBERS, ONE FROM EACH COUNTY, ABE TO SERVE A FOUR YEAR
TERM. A MEMBER SERVES UNTIL HIS SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED
AND QUALIFIED, AN APPOINTMENT TO A VACANCY IN AN
UNEXPIRED TERM IS LIMITED TO THE REMAINDER OF THAT TERM.
A MEMBER MAY BE APPOINTED TO SUCCESSIVE TERMS.

(D)    THE MEMBERS SERVE WITHOUT COMPENSATION, BUT
THEY SHALL BE PAID THEIR REASONABLE AND NECESSARY
EXPENSES WHILE ENGAGED IN THE DISCHARGE OF THEIR OFFICIAL
DUTIES.

(E)    THE BOARD POSSESSES THE POWERS ENUMERATED IN
SECTION 1 OF THIS ARTICLE. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT
THEY ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION, ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE APPLY TO
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CHESAPEAKE COLLEGE AND TO THE
CHESAPEAKE COLLEGE.

(F)    THE JOINT BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE MAY
DIRECT THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR TO UNDERTAKE AN
EXAMINATION OF THE BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS OF THE [[BOARD OF
TRUSTEES]] COLLEGE. COPIES OF THE REPORT OF THE
LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD
AND TO THE GOVERNING BODIES OF THE FOUR COUNTIES
COMPRISING THE REGION. THE EXAMINATION SHALL BE
CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 61A THROUGH 61E OF ARTICLE
40 OF THIS CODE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
terms of office of any members of the Board of Trustees
for Chesapeake College in effect prior to the effective
date of this Act shall be terminated upon the appointment
of the trustees under the terms of this Act from each of
these counties.