3064

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 805

County and the board of county commissioners with respect to
Prince George's County. The provisions for nominations,
appointments, removal and hearing by the county governing
body shall apply to, and be exercised by, the county
executive for Montgomery County with respect to the members
from that county except as otherwise provided, and shall
apply to, and be exercised by, the county commissioners for
Prince George's County with respect to the members of the
commission from Prince George's County. The county
governing body shall make any appointment, whether by
initial appointment, reappointment, or to fill a vacancy,
from a list of applicants. The list for any such
appointment shall be completed not less than three weeks
prior to the date the county governing body makes the actual
appointment. The list of applicants shall be open to the
public for inspection from the time of commencement of
making the list until an appointment therefrom is made. In
the event a county governing body does not appoint an
individual from the names on the list, or if no name appears
on the list, then the county governing body shall provide
for the preparation of a second list and follow the
procedure applicable to the first list, with the
above-mentioned three week period commencing with the
closing of such second list.

(2) All applicants for appointment,
reappointment or nominations to fill a vacancy as a member
of the commission shall be interviewed by the county
governing body, or its designated agent, in private as to
any possible or potential conflict of interest. In
Montgomery County, in addition to the foregoing, each
applicant shall be questioned under oath specifically on,
but not limited to, all sources of income, property
holdings, business interests and financial interests, as
well as the similar interest of the applicant's spouse,
father, mother, brother, sister or child. The county
governing body may require the production of any document it
wishes the applicant to produce. The interview shall be
conducted in a question and answer fashion, and a written
transcript shall be made of all such questions and answers.
When the testimony is fully transcribed the transcript shall
be submitted to the applicant for examination and shall be
read to or by him, unless such examination and reading are
waived by him. Any changes which the applicant desires to
make shall be entered upon the transcript by the officer
transcribing same with a statement of the reason given by
the applicant for making them. The transcript shall then be
signed by the applicant; and the officer transcribing same
shall certify on the transcript that the applicant was duly
sworn by him and that the transcript is a true record of the
testimony given by the applicant. There shall be a public
disclosure by the county governing body of the complete
transcribed testimony of the actual appointee or appointees
three weeks from the date of his or her appointment; and the
complete transcript of all other applicants shall be
destroyed by the county governing body immediately without
disclosure of any information contained therein to anyone.