HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(a-1) From and after July 1, 1974, the Advisory Board
shall consist of six additional members to be appointed by
the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene from members of
the public sector. Of these six, three shall be between the
ages of 16 and 25 at the time of appointment to a first
term; and of these three, at least one shall have been under
the jurisdiction of the [Department of] Juvenile Services
ADMINISTRATION. The six additional members of the Advisory
Board first appointed shall serve in the following manner:
two members to serve terms of one year each beginning July
1, 1974; two members to serve terms of two years beginning
July 1, 1974; two members to serve terms of three years
beginning July 1, 1974. After the expiration of each of
these terms, the successors shall serve terms of three
years. Consecutive terms and vacancies for these six
additional members shall be handled in the same manner as
consecutive terms and vacancies are handled in subsection
(a) of this section.

(b) The Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene shall
designate one member of the Advisory Board to serve as
chairman. The Board shall meet regularly on the call of the
chairman, not less often than ten times a year. One of the
members of the Board shall serve as secretary, upon
designation by the chairman, and shall keep and preserve
full and accurate minutes of the meetings. The members of
the Advisory Board shall receive no compensation for their
services, but shall be paid the reasonable expenses
necessary for the discharge of their official duties. The
Advisory Board shall: [act]

(1)  ACT in a general consultative and advisory
capacity to the Director of the [Department of] Juvenile
Services ADMINISTRATION with regard to the several aspects
of the State's program of juvenile services.

(2)  ACT IN A GENERAL CONSULTATIVE AND ADVISORY
CAPACITY TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE JUVENILE SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION WITH REGARD TO THE EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OF THE JUVENILE SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION. Included in this responsibility is the duty
to recommend to the Director of the [Department of] Juvenile
Services ADMINISTRATION policies and programs to improve the
State's juvenile services. The Advisory Board also shall
participate in interpreting the objectives of the
[Department] ADMINISTRATION to the public and in planning
for the development and utilization of all available
resources for the promotion of needs of the [Department]
ADMINISTRATION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved May 19, 1981.