HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(D)  SAME -- RESTRICTION.

WHILE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, A CONSUMER MEMBER MAY NOT
HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL INTEREST IN A PERSON REGULATED
BY THE BOARD.

(E)  OATH.

BEFORE TAKING OFFICE, EACH APPOINTEE TO THE BOARD SHALL
TAKE THE OATH REQUIRED BY ARTICLE I, § 9 OF THE STATE
CONSTITUTION.

(F)  TENURE; VACANCIES.

(1)  THE TERM OF A MEMBER IS 3 YEARS.

(2)  THE TERMS OF MEMBERS ARE STAGGERED AS
REQUIRED BY THE TERMS PROVIDED FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ON
JULY 1, 1981.

(3)  AT THE END OF A TERM, A MEMBER CONTINUES TO
SERVE UNTIL A SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED AND QUALIFIES.

(4)  A MEMBER WHO IS APPOINTED AFTER A TERM HAS
BEGUN SERVES ONLY FOR THE REST OF THE TERM AND UNTIL A
SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED AND QUALIFIES.

(5)  A MEMBER MAY NOT SERVE MORE THAN TWO
CONSECUTIVE FULL TERMS.

(G)  REMOVAL.

THE GOVERNOR MAY REMOVE A MEMBER FOR INCOMPETENCE,
MISCONDUCT, OR NEGLECT OF DUTY.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from Art. 43, §
862(a)(2) through (5), (b)(1) and (2), (c), (h),
and (i).

Subsection (e) of this section is standard
language added to this and, where necessary,
corresponding sections of other titles of this
article to state the duty of an individual
appointed to any office of profit or trust to
take the oath specified in Art. I, § 9 of the
State Constitution.

In subsection (a)(4) of this section, the
reference to the Metropolitan Washington Chapter
of the National Association of Social Workers,
"Inc." is added to correct an obvious error
caused by amendment to Ch. 853, Acts of 1975.

In subsection (a)(6) of this section, as to the
substitution of the phrase "with the advice of
the Secretary" for "upon the recommendation or