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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 538

MORGAN STATE COLLEGE, NOW CONSTITUTED AS MORGAN STATE
UNIVERSITY.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections
2(a), 2(b), 8(a), 8(d), 9(d), 11, 12(a), 15(e), 18, 66,
68, and 74(a) of Article 77A — Higher Education, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1975 Replacement Volume and
1975 Supplement) be and they are hereby repealed and
reenacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 77A — Higher Education

2.

(a)    [The State Board of Education until June 30,
1969, and thereafter the] SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
§§31, 32, AND 32A OF THIS ARTICLE, THE State Board for
Community Colleges may establish regional community
colleges for two or more counties or for one or more
counties and Baltimore City, subject, however, to the
prior approval of the county commissioners, county
councils, or city council, as the case may be, for each
county (or Baltimore City) to comprise the region and to
support such regional community college.

(b)    [In the event that] IF, pursuant to subsection
(a) [hereof], a regional community college is created for
two or more counties or for one or more counties and
Baltimore City, the members of the [board of education
(or as to Baltimore City, the Board of School
Commissioners) ] BOARDS OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEES of
each county (or Baltimore City) comprising the region and
supporting said regional community college shall
constitute a board of trustees for the purpose of
administration over said regional community college and
said board of trustees shall possess all of those powers
enumerated in § 1 of this subtitle. Whenever the
participating counties have different numbers of members
on their respective boards of [education] COMMUNITY
COLLEGE TRUSTEES, representation on the board of trustees
of the regional community college for any county shall be
limited to the number of members on the smallest county
[school] board, and whenever any county's membership on
the board of trustees is less than the number of its
[school] board members, the board of [education]
COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEES for such county shall elect
from its membership those who shall serve on the board of
trustees, provided that the maximum number of members on
the board of trustees shall never exceed twelve, with an
equal number from each participating county. IF A COUNTY
WITHIN THE REGION DOES NOT HAVE A BOARD OF COMMUNITY
COLLEGE TRUSTEES, THE COUNTY'S REPRESENTATION ON THE
REGIONAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL BE
SELECTED BY, AND FROM AMONG THE MEMBERS OF, THE COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION. HOWEVER, UPON APPLICATION OF THE
COUNTY GOVERNMENT, THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT THE
TRUSTEES TO SERVE FROM THAT COUNTY.