BLAIR LEE XII, Acting Governor

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3-100 1. MEMBERSHIP.

(A)   COMPOSITION.

THE WASHINGTON COUNTY BOARD CONSISTS OF FIVE MEMBERS.

(B)   ELECTION OF MEMBERS.

ALL FIVE MEMBERS OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY BOARD SHALL
BE ELECTED AT A GENERAL ELECTION EVERY 4 YEARS BEGINNING IN
1978.

(C)   TERM; VACANCIES.

(1)    EACH MEMBER SERVES FOR A TERM OF 4 YEARS
BEGINNING ON JANUARY 1 AFTER HIS ELECTION AND UNTIL A
SUCCESSOR IS ELECTED AND QUALIFIES.

(2)    THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT A QUALIFIED
INDIVIDUAL TO FILL ANY VACANCY ON THE COUNTY BOARD FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THAT TERM AND UNTIL A SUCCESSOR IS ELECTED AND
QUALIFIES.

(D)   REMOVAL.

(1) THE STATE BOARD MAY REMOVE A MEMBER OF THE
COUNTY BOARD FOR:

(I)   IMMORALITY;

(II)   MISCONDUCT IN OFFICE;

(III)   INCOMPETENCY; OR

(IV)   WILLFUL NEGLECT OF DUTY.

(2)    BEFORE REMOVING A MEMBER, THE STATE BOARD
SHALL SEND THE MEMBER A COPY OF THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM AND
GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY WITHIN 10 DAYS TO REQUEST A HEARING.

(3)    IF THE MEMBER REQUESTS A HEARING WITHIN THE
10-DAY PERIOD:

(I)    THE STATE BOARD PROMPTLY SHALL HOLD A
HEARING, BUT A HEARING MAY NOT BE SET WITHIN 10 DAYS AFTER
THE STATE BOARD SENDS THE MEMBER A NOTICE OF THE HEARING;
AND

(II)    THE MEMBER SHALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE
HEARD PUBLICLY BEFORE THE STATE BOARD IN HIS OWN DEFENSE, IN
PERSON OR BY COUNSEL.

(4) A MEMBER REMOVED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION HAS
THE RIGHT TO A DE NOVO REVIEW OF THE REMOVAL BY THE CIRCUIT
COURT FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as Art.
77, §36A(a), (c), and (d).