HARRY HUGHES, Governor

3063

Suburban Sanitary District and the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland be amended and transferred to read as follows:

ARTICLE 67 - WASHINGTON SUBURBAN SANITARY DISTRICT

1-1. Organization generally; appointment, qualifications,
terms, compensation and removal of members; filling
vacancies; officers; staff generally; annual audit and
accounting; employee's retirement plan; district not Article
11E "municipal corporation."

(a)  For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
this [subtitle] ARTICLE, [said] THE Sanitary District shall
be under the jurisdiction of a commission of six members
known as the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, which
in this [subtitle] ARTICLE may be referred to as "the
commission" or "commission". Three of the members of the
commission shall be from Prince George's County, appointed
by the board of county commissioners for Prince George's
County, and three from Montgomery County, appointed by the
county executive of Montgomery County, subject to the
confirmation of the county council, with the respective
appointments to be made as hereinafter provided. Each term
of office is four years, which commenced or will commence on
the first day of June in the year of appointment under the
law prevailing at the time of appointment. The members
shall serve during such terms or until their respective
successors are appointed and qualified. The terms of office
of one member from Prince George's County and of one member
from Montgomery County commenced June 1, 1965, and the terms
of their successors will commence on the first day of June
in each succeeding fourth year thereafter. The terms of
office of the other two members from Prince George's County
and the terms of office of the other two members from
Montgomery County commenced June 1, 1967, and the terms of
their successors will commence on the first day of June in
each succeeding fourth year after that date. After June 1,
1968, all appointments, reappointments, or the filling of
any vacancy for the remaining portion of a term of a
commissioner shall be made only in accordance with the
provisions of this section. Any person chosen to fill a
vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired portion of
the term of the commissioner whom he succeeds. No vacancy
in the commission shall impair the right of the remaining
commissioners to exercise all the powers of the commission.
All appointees shall be residents and taxpayers of the
sanitary district. No person shall be appointed or continue
in office as a member of the commission who holds any
position of profit or trust under the Constitution or laws
of this state or any political subdivision thereof.
Appointments, reappointments and the filling of any vacancy
shall be made so that upon the appointee taking office not
more than two members from Montgomery County are of the same
political party.

(b) (1) As used herein, the term "county governing
body" means the county executive with respect to Montgomery