HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(2) WHEN THE COUNCIL MEETS TO CONSIDER

COUNTY-WIDE ISSUES.

(D)  THE COUNCIL SHALL:

(1)  MEET NOT LESS THAN THREE TIMES A YEAR DURING
EACH YEAR TO COMPILE THE NUMBER OF SPACES IN THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS OF THE COUNTY THAT ARE NOT FILLED AND TO EVALUATE
THE FEASIBILITY OF THE UTILIZATION OF THE SPACES BY THE
COMMUNITY AND COUNTY DEPARTMENTS; AND

(2)  REPORT ITS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO
THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AT
LEAST ONCE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.

(E)  THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, BY EXECUTIVE ORDER, MAY
APPOINT UP TO TWO ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO THE COUNCIL FROM
AGENCIES OF THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

(F)  (1) THE COUNCIL SHALL ELECT A PRESIDENT FROM AMONG
ITS MEMBERS .

(2) A QUORUM IS 2/3 OF THE MEMBERS APPOINTED.

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

Approved May 19, 1981.

CHAPTER 592

(Senate Bill 1042)

AN ACT concerning

Developmental Disabilities Advocacy Office

FOR the purpose of establishing an agency to provide
protection and advocacy services for persons with
developmental disabilities which shall be independent

of other State agencies providing treatment or

rehabilitation services to persons with developmental
disabilities providing protection and advocacy services
for persons with developmental disabilities; providing
that certain entities may pursue certain remedies for
the protection of the rights of the developmentally
disabled; and defining certain terms.

BY adding to

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