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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 310

Trustees for review and further hearings; providing
for adoption of rules necessary for the conduct of
the proceedings; and clarifying language.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 77A — Higher Education

Section 9A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1975 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 9A of Article 77A - Higher
Education, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1975
Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 77A — Higher Education

9A.

(A) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 9 of this
article, Charles County Community College board of
trustees [shall be] IS created, separate and distinct
from the Charles County Board of Education. The board
of trustees shall consist of seven members. The
Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate,
shall appoint the members of the board, who [must] SHALL
be residents of Charles County. At least five [(5)]
members shall have completed [sixty (60)] 60 semester
hours of accredited college work and all shall receive
expenses of [six hundred dollars] $600 per year. Of the
seven members appointed initially, five shall be
appointed for initial terms of from one to five years,
respectively, and the sixth and seventh members shall be
appointed for initial terms of six years each. As any
[such] appointment expires, [and thereafter,] the
appointing authority shall appoint a successor for a full
term of six years. [Any member] MEMBERS of the board
may be appointed to [a] successive [term] TERMS. Among
the initial appointees [there] shall be one member of the
Charles County Board of Education who shall serve the
initial term of one year and after the expiration of this
one—year term [no], current [member] MEMBERS of the
Charles County Board of Education [shall] MAY NOT be
appointed to the board of trustees. The board of
trustees of the community college shall organize and
select its own chairman annually.

(B)   THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY APPOINT A HEARING
EXAMINER WHO MAY NOT BE ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD. THE
HEARING EXAMINER MAY HOLD AN INITIAL HEARING OF ALL
PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THE
HEARING EXAMINER SHALL SUBMIT TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
AND TO APPELLANTS A TRANSCRIPT OF THE PROCEEDINGS,
EXHIBITS, FINDINGS OF FACT, AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW. THE