HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(VII) 4 SHALL BE APPOINTED 1 EACH FROM
LISTS OF 3 QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY
BY:

1.  THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS OF METROPOLITAN
WASHINGTON;

2.  THE PRESIDENT OF THE JOHNS
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY;

3.  THE PRESIDENT OF THE MARYLAND
STATE - D.C. AFL - CIO; AND

4.  THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF MARYLAND.

(3) IN MAKING APPOINTMENTS TO THE COUNCIL, THE
SECRETARY SHALL:

(I)  CONSIDER GIVING APPROPRIATE
REPRESENTATION TO THE VARIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF THIS
STATE; AND

(II)  APPOINT AT LEAST 1 MEMBER WHO IS
ENGAGED ACTIVELY IN FARMING AND KNOWLEDGEABLE IN FARM AND
RURAL POLLUTANT PROBLEMS.

(B) TENURE; VACANCIES.

(1)  THE TERM OF A MEMBER IS 5 YEARS.

(2)  THE TERMS OF THE MEMBERS ARE STAGGERED AS
REQUIRED BY THE TERMS PROVIDED FOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ON
JULY 1, 1982.

(3)  THE MEMBER WHO REPRESENTS THE REGIONAL
PLANNING COUNCIL SERVES ONLY SO LONG AS THE MEMBER REMAINS
ON THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL.

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

(5)  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.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Article
43, § 695(a), (b), (d), and the first sentence of
(c).

The second sentence of former Article 43, §
695(c), which provided that a member is "eligible