2078

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 240

(II)  1 SHALL BE A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF
DELEGATES, APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE; AND

(III)  23 SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE
GOVERNOR FROM A LIST OF QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS SUBMITTED TO
THE GOVERNOR BY THE SECRETARY.

(3) OF THE 23 MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR,
AT LEAST 1 MEMBER SHALL REPRESENT EACH OF THE FOLLOWING:

(I)  THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL
HYGIENE;

(II)  THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES;

(III)  THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE;

(IV)  THE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND
REGULATION;

(V)  THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION;

(VI)  THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE PLANNING;

(VII)  THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT;

(VIII)  THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL;

(IX)  THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE;

(X)  THE STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND
CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY;

(XI)  THE AFL-CIO;

(XII)  THE MARYLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE;

(XIII)  THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL
OF MEDICINE; AND

(XIV)  THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE.

(B)  QUALIFICATIONS.

EACH MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL SHALL BE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
IS KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT OR HAS A SERIOUS INTEREST IN TOXIC
SUBSTANCES OR CARCINOGENIC SUBSTANCES.

(C)  TENURE; VACANCIES.

(1) THE TERM OF A MEMBER IS 3 YEARS.