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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

STIMULATE ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY TO
BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY'S OLDER
CITIZENS.

27-41. CREATION; COMPOSITION; APPOINTMENT; TERMS OF
OFFICE AND COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS; MEETINGS; ETC.

A.      CREATION AND COMPOSITION; APPOINTMENT OF
MEMBERS; ELECTION OF OFFICERS. THERE IS HEREBY
ESTABLISHED A COMMISSION ON AGING. THE COMMISSION SHALL
CONSIST OF NO LESS THAN EIGHTEEN MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE
COUNTY EXECUTIVE, SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION BY THE COUNTY
COUNCIL. MEMBERSHIP SHALL CONSIST OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY
RESIDENTS OF WHOM A MAJORITY SHALL BE OLDER CITIZENS.
THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE SHALL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION IN MAKING HIS
APPOINTMENTS. THE NOMINEES SHALL BE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
OR WHO HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN BUSINESS, INDUSTRY, LABOR,
COMMUNITY SERVICE, RELIGION, WELFARE AND/OR EDUCATION,
THE PROFESSIONS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF MAJOR
ORGANIZATIONS OR AGENCIES SIGNIFICANTLY CONCERNED WITH
THE PROBLEMS OF THE AGING. IN MAKING INITIAL
APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMISSION, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE
SHALL CONSIDER FOR MEMBERSHIP THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO
SERVED ON THE FORMER COMMISSION ON AGING CREATED BY
RESOLUTION NO. 6-705, WHICH IS DISBANDED AND TERMINATED
AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION. THE COMMISSION
SHALL ELECT THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS FROM THE
MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE: CHAIRMAN,
VICE-CHAIRMAN,, SECRETARY, BUDGET AND FINANCE ADVISOR,
EACH TO SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE COMMISSION, AND
DIRECTORS AND SUCH OTHER OFFICERS AS IT SHALL DETERMINE.

B.    TERMS; VACANCIES; REAPPOINTMENTS. THE TERM OF
OFFICE OF EACH OF THE APPOINTED MEMBERS SHALL BE FOR
THREE YEARS. OF THE MEMBERS FIRST APPOINTED, ONE-THIRD
SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR TERMS WHICH WILL EXPIRE IN ONE
YEAR, ONE-THIRD SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR TERMS WHICH WILL
EXPIRE IN TWO YEARS, AND ONE-THIRD SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR
TERMS WHICH WILL EXPIRE IN THREE YEARS. NO MEMBER SHALL
SERVE MORE THAN TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS. VACANCIES SHALL
BE FILLED BY APPOINTMENT TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM.
MEMBERS SHALL CONTINUE IN OFFICE UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS
ARE APPOINTED AND HAVE QUALIFIED.

C.    COMPENSATION. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION SHALL
RECEIVE NO COMPENSATION FOR THEIR SERVICES AS SUCH, BUT
SHALL BE REIMBURSED FOP ALL EXPENSES ACTUALLY AND
NECESSARILY INCURRED BY THEM IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR
DUTIES WITHIN THE AMOUNT MADE AVAILABLE BY APPROPRIATION
FOR SUCH PURPOSES.

D.     MEETINGS; REPORTS. THE COMMISSION SHALL MEET
AT THE CALL OF THE CHAIRMAN AS FREQUENTLY AS REQUIRED TO