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2210 LAWS OF MARYLAND Ch. 675
in the market, and shall give sufficient notice to the council
of these proposals to allow the council to submit to the
Authority comments and recommendations concerning such proposals.
These comments and recommendations must be considered by the
Authority before action on the proposals, but they shall not be
in any way binding upon the Authority. The council must submit
its comments and recommendations to the Authority within [thirty]
30 days after receipt by it of these proposals from the
Authority, unless the Authority deems the matter involved to be
of such urgency as to require prompt action, in which case the
council shall submit its comments and recommendations within
[five] 5 days.
(b) The advisory council is composed of 11 members. If an
executive director of the Authority has been appointed by the
Authority, the executive director shall be an ex officio member
of the council, and his tenure of office shall coincide with the
term for which he shall hold the position of executive director
of the Authority. The ex officio member of the council has all
rights incidental to membership on the council, except that he
does not have the right to vote on matters coming before the
council. However, the ex officio member may participate in all
discussions on those matters and to be present at the time of the
vote. In the event of a vacancy in the position of executive
director, the ex officio seat on the council shall be taken by
the interim or permanent successor to that position. In the event
that the position of executive director of the Authority does not
exist, the ex officio seat on the council shall be taken by a
person designated by the Authority. The executive director or the
person appointed by the Authority to take the ex officio seat of
the executive director on the council shall act as chairman of
the council. The Maryland Agricultural Commission shall appoint
[five] 5 members of the council. Those produce merchants who are
tenants in the produce market facility in the market shall
appoint from among their number [five] 5 members of the council.
The Maryland Agricultural Commission and the produce merchants
shall determine their respective methods of appointment of
members of the council. [The initial terms of the members,
excluding the ex officio member, of the council expire on January
1, 1976.] Their successors shall be appointed for terms of [one]
1 year from the date of expiration of their terms of office,
except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve
only for the unexpired term. Any member of the council is
eligible for reappointment. Compensation may not be paid to
members of the council for performance of their duties, but the
Authority may reimburse them for actual expenses necessarily
incurred in the performance of their duties.
(c) The advisory council shall meet at least annually. All
meetings of the council shall be called by the chairman of the
council by written notice to each member at least [ten] 10 days
in advance of the meeting. Five members of the council constitute
a quorum. The ex officio member of the council may not be counted
for purposes of determining the existence of a quorum. Action by
the council shall be by majority vote, each member, excluding the
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