MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                            2661

Queen Anne's County - Recreation and Parks

FOR the purpose of amending the local laws of Queen
Anne's County in order to clarify the tenure of the
several members of the Board of Recreation and
Parks.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of Queen Anne's County
Section 354(b)

Article 18 — Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1930 Edition, as amended by Chapter 159
of the Acts of 1973)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 354(b) of the Public Local Laws of
Queen Anne's County being Article 18 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition, as amended
by Chapter 159 of the Acts of 1973) be and it is hereby
repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

Article 18
354.

(b) The Board shall consist of nine members,
appointed by the County Commissioners, of whom one shall
be first recommended by the County Board of Education
from its membership or otherwise, and one of whom shall
be a member of the Board of County Commissioners. All
members of the Board, except the County Commissioner
member who shall serve for his elected term of office,
shall be appointed for four years from the first day of
January of the year of their appointments or until their
successors are appointed. The members of the Board,
other than the County Commissioner member, when first
appointed, shall be divided into three classes,
RESPECTIVELY OF THREE, THREE, AND TWO MEMBERS. The
initial terms of [those] THE THREE in the first class
shall be for four years; [of those] THE THREE in the
second class, three years; and [of those] THE TWO in the
third class, two years. Vacancies, except those at the
expiration of a term, shall be filled in the same manner
as the original appointments and for the unexpired term.
In the appointment of Board members the County
Commissioners shall give due regard to population and
geography. All members of the Board shall serve without
compensation.