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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 21

(C) TENURE OF APPOINTEES; VACANCIES.

(1)  THE TERM OF AN APPOINTED MEMBER IS 3 YEARS
AND BEGINS ON JULY 1.

(2)  THE TERMS OF ONE THIRD OF THE APPOINTED
MEMBERS OF EACH COUNTY ADVISORY COUNCIL OR INTERCOUNTY
ADVISORY COUNCIL END EACH YEAR.

(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 WHO SERVES 2 CONSECUTIVE FULL
3-YEAR TERMS MAY NOT BE REAPPOINTED FOR 3 YEARS AFTER
COMPLETION OF THOSE TERMS.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsections (a), (b), and (c)(1), (2),
and (5) of this section are new language derived
without substantive change from former Article
2C, § 502(b) and the second clause of the first
sentence and the entire second, third, fourth,
and seventh sentences of (a).

Subsection (c)(3) of this section is standard
language added to provide for gaps in membership
by indicating that a member serves until a
successor takes office. This is supported by the
cases of Benson v. Mellor, 152 Md. 481 (1927) and
Grooms v. LaVale Zoning Board, 27 Md. App. 266
(1975).

Subsection (c)(4) of this section also is added
as standard language. It follows from the
requirement that there be staggered terms. An
inherent aspect of staggered terms is that they
must begin and end at set intervals. For
circumstances under which subsection (c)(4) of
this section applies, see the General Revisor's
Note to this article.

In subsection (a)(l)(i) of this section, the
former reference to the "Baltimore City
Commissioner of Health" is deleted as unnecessary
in light of the use of the defined term "health
officer".

As to subsection (b) of this section, the
Commission to Revise the Annotated Code notes,
for consideration by the General Assembly, that
there are no provisions for the composition of an