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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 821

(House Bill 1609)

AN ACT concerning

Frederick County — Expenses for Community College
Board of Trustees

FOR the purpose of providing for certain expenses for the
Frederick County Community College Board of
Trustees; and adding lettering where appropriate.

BY repealing and re-enacting, with amendments,

Article 77A — Higher Education

Section 9D

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 9D of Article 77A - Higher
Education, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969
Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 77A — Higher Education
9D.

(A) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 9 of this
article, the Frederick County Community College board of
trustees shall be created 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