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3578 LAWS OF MARYLAND Ch. 939
Annotated Code of Maryland (1974 Volume and 1976
Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed and reenacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:
Article - Natural Resources
Article I.
Commission - Membership and Organization
4-306.
Section 1. Commission created, The Potomac River
Fisheries Commission, hereinafter designated as
"commission", is hereby created.
Section 2. Members. The commission shall consist
of [six] EIGHT members, [three] FOUR from Maryland and
[three] FOUR from Virginia. The Maryland members shall
be [the] THREE TWO members of the [Tidewater Fisheries
Commission] DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES of Maryland
or its successor agency AND , ONE BONA FIDE WATERMAN WHO
IS A RESIDENT OF MARYLAND, AND ONE PERSON REPRESENTING
THE CONSUMER INTERESTS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF MARYLAND,
TO BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND and the
Virginia members shall be [the] THREE TWO members of the
Virginia Fisheries Commission or its successor agency AND
, ONE BONA FIDE WATERMAN WHO IS A RESIDENT OF VIRGINIA,
AND ONE PERSON REPRESENTING THE CONSUMER INTERESTS OF THE
GENERAL PUBLIC OF VIRGINIA, TO BE APPOINTED BY THE
GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, A
BONA FIDE WATERMAN IS A PERSON WHO HOLDS A VALID POTOMAC
RIVER FISHERIES COMMISSION LICENSE. [If the membership of
either of the respective state commissions exceeds three,
then the three commission members from that state shall
be selected by the governor thereof from the members of
the state commission; and if] IF the membership of either
[of the respective state commissions] THE MARYLAND
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES OR THE VIRGINIA FISHERIES
COMMISSION is less than three TWO, [the three commission
members from that state shall be the member or members of
the state commission, and such additional person or
persons who shall be appointed by the governor,] THE
GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT ADDITIONAL MEMBERS as may be
necessary to constitute a total of [three] FOUR
commissioners.
Section 3. Term, vacancies. The term of
commissioners who are members of [their respective state
commissions] THE VIRGINIA FISHERIES COMMISSION shall be
coterminous with their term on their state commission.
The term of ALL OTHER commissioners [who are not members
of their state commission] shall be four years.
Vacancies on the commission shall be filled by
appointment of the governor of the state entitled to fill
the vacancy, except that where the [state commission]
VIRGINIA FISHERIES COMMISSION has three TWO members, the
person filling a vacancy on the [state commission]
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