MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                               77?

AN ACT concerning
Frederick County Community College - Board of Trustees

FOR the purpose of creating the Frederick County
Community College Board of Trustees, separate and
distinct from the Frederick County Board of
Education, and providing for the composition and
appointment of its members.

BY adding to

Article 77A — Higher Education

Section 9C

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 9C be and it is hereby added
to Article 77A — Higher Education, of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)
to read as follows:

Article 77A — Higher Education
9C.

NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 9 OF THIS
ARTICLE, THE FREDERICK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES SHALL BE CHEATED SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FROM THE
FREDERICK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES CONSISTS OF SEVEN MEMBERS, WHO SHALL BE
RESIDENTS OF FREDERICK COUNTY. FIVE MEMBERS SHALL BE
APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF
THE SENATE, AND TWO MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE
FREDERICK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM AMONG ITS
MEMBERSHIP. OF THE MEMBERS APPOINTED, THE FIVE APPOINTED
INITIALLY BY THE GOVERNOR SHALL BE FOR INITIAL TERMS OF
FROM ONE TO FIVE YEARS, RESPECTIVELY. THEREAFTER, AS A
GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENT EXPIRES, THE GOVERNOR SHALL
APPOINT A SUCCESSOR FOR A FULL TERM OF FIVE YEARS. THE
SIXTH AND SEVENTH MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE FREDERICK
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM AMONG ITS MEMBERSHIP SHALL
BE APPOINTED ANNUALLY. ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD MAY BE
APPOINTED TO A SUCCESSIVE TERM, EXCEPT THAT A MEMBER OF
THE BOARD APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR MAY NOT SERVE FOR
MORE THAN TWO CONSECUTIVE FULL FIVE YEAR TERMS. THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHALL ORGANIZE
AND SELECT ITS OWN CHAIRMAN ANNUALLY.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect [(January 1]] July 1, 1975.