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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 767

(II) [The list of applicants shall be] BE
open to the public for inspection from the time [of
commencement of making] the list IS FIRST BEGUN until an
appointment [therefrom] is made BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.

(2) [In the event] IF a county [governing body]
EXECUTIVE does not CHOOSE TO appoint an individual from the
names on the list, [or if no name appears on the list, then]
the county [governing body] EXECUTIVE shall [provide for the
preparation of] PREPARE [a second list] ADDITIONAL LISTS and
follow the procedure applicable to the first list[, with the
above-mentioned]. THE [three] 3 week period [commencing]
BEGINS with the closing of [such second] EACH 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.]

(B)  THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OR A DESIGNEE OF THE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE SHALL INTERVIEW IN PRIVATE EACH APPLICANT FOR
APPOINTMENT OR REAPPOINTMENT TO THE WSSC AS TO POSSIBLE OR
POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.

(C) (1) IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, THE APPLICANT SHALL BE
INTERVIEWED: