BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                        26*1

of each county or if the county charter provides for a
county executive, by the county executive with the approval
of the county council.

(b) (1) Each REGULAR member shall be appointed for
a term of five years. [After the terms of the current
members expire, terms] TERMS of office expire on June 1 of
the appropriate year. One member shall be designated by the
Governor as chairman. A REGULAR member of the board shall
remain in office until a replacement is appointed, and the
submission of proposed new members shall be done three
months before the term begins.

(2) EACH ALTERNATE MEMBER SHALL BE APPOINTED
FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS. AN ALTERNATE WILL SUCCEED TO A
VACANCY UNTIL THAT VACANCY HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY FILLED.
HOWEVER, THE ALTERNATE CAN BE CHOSEN AS THAT PERMANENT
REPLACEMENT IN WHICH CASE A NEW ALTERNATE WOULD BE
APPOINTED.

(3)        THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LOCAL BOARD OR THE

ADMINISTRATOR OF THE PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT APPEAL BOARDS
MAY REQUEST THE ALTERNATE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD DURING THE
TEMPORARY ABSENCE OF A REGULAR MEMBER. HOWEVER, THE
ALTERNATE MEMBER MAY NOT SERVE ON THE BOARD AT A TIME WHEN
THE THREE OTHER MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

(d) Each REGULAR member AND ALTERNATE MEMBER of the
property tax assessment appeal board shall receive
compensation as provided in the State budget at the rate of
$15 per hour, but not in excess of $90 for each day or part
thereof spent in hearing protests or in executive session.
Each REGULAR AND ALTERNATE member also shall be reimbursed
for expenses incurred in the performance of his duties in
accordance with the standard travel regulations.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
additional members provided for in this Act shall be
appointed as promptly as practicable after its effective
date.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect June 1, 1978.

Approved May 29, 1578.

CHAPTER 889
(House Bill 634)
AN ACT concerning

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