BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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Ch. 30, Acts of 1977, passed as an emergency
measure, amends present Art. 77, §37(e) to
require that members of the Washington County
Board receive $300 each year for travel and other
expenses. This seeming conflict with the
provisions of Art- 77, §36A(f) is resolved as
indicated in subsection (b) of this section by
deleting the provisions of present Art. 77,
§37(e) as present Art. 77, §36A(f) was the later
enacted statute.

3-1003. MEETINGS.

(A)   ACTIONS TO BE PUBLIC

ALL ACTIONS OF THE COUNTY BOARD SHALL BE TAKEN AFTER A
PUBLIC MEETING AND A RECORD OF THE MEETING AND ALL ACTIONS
SHALL BE MADE PUBLIC.

(B)   EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THIS SECTION DOES NOT PROHIBIT THE COUNTY BOARD FROM
MEETING AND DELIBERATING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION PROVIDED THAT
ALL ACTION IS TAKEN AFTER A PUBLIC MEETING AND THE RECORD OF
THE MEETING AND ALL ACTION IS MADE PUBLIC.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as Art.
77, §36A(e).

In this section, the present phrase "the Board of
Education ... State law", is deleted as
unnecessary. The present provision that
authorizes the Washington County Board to adopt
bylaws is deleted in light of §4-107(4) of this
article.

The only other changes are in style.

Although this section provides for open meetings
of the Washington County Board and requires a
public record of the meetings. Art. 76A, §§ 7
through 15, the "sunshine law", contains more
specific requirements for open meetings and would
apply to meetings of the County Board. This is
so since the provisions of the "sunshine law"
control over other provisions in the Code unless
these other provisions "are more stringent".

As to other provisions limiting executive
sessions by county boards, see §4—106(e) of this
article.

GENERAL REVISOR'S NOTE:

In revising this title, the Commission to Revise the
Annotated Code has transferred all provisions that deal with
the mechanics of elections to the county boards of education