BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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CHAPTER 5

(Senate Bill 10)

AN ACT concerning

Bedding Advisory Board

FOR the purpose of abolishing the Bedding Advisory Board to
the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and
providing for the transfer of certain employees,
assets, and records of the Board to the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene.

BY repealing

Article 43 - Health

Section 67

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 43 - Health

[67. Bedding advisory board.

There is established in the Department of Health a
bedding advisory board, which shall consist of nine members.
The Commissioner, or any employee designated by him, shall
be a member of the board and its chairman. The Commissioner
shall designate an employee of the Department of Health to
serve as secretary of the bedding advisory board. The other
eight members shall be appointed by the Governor, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate. Seven of the
members appointed shall be persons who, on account of their
vocations, employment, or affiliations, represent the
manufacturing interests of the various products or branches
of the affected industries and shall be apportioned as
follows: two shall represent manufacturers of bedding, two
shall represent manufacturers of upholstered furniture, one
shall represent a wholesaler, one shall represent a supply
dealer, and one shall represent a retailer. The remaining
member shall be a person qualified to represent the public
at large. The term of office of each member shall be for a
period of five years; except that the terms of office of the
members first appointed after July 1, 1969, shall expire, as
designated by the Governor at the time of appointment, two
at the end of two years, two at the end of three years, two
at the end of four years, and two at the end of five years.
The Governor may fill vacancies occurring in the membership