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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 289

8-38. Recreation and Park Board.

(a) Appointment, members. The [Board of] County

Commissioners [of Washington County] may appoint and provide for

a Recreation and [Park] PARKS Board. The Board shall have

[three] 3 members, and the Commission may fill vacancies on the
Board. [from time to time. Of the members first appointed to the
Board, one shall be appointed for a term of two years; one for a
term of four years, and one for a term of six years; thereafter
appointment] APPOINTMENTS shall be for terms of [six] 6 years
each AND SHALL BE STAGGERED. Members of the Board [shall] MAY
NOT receive [no] compensation, but [they] may be reimbursed by
the County Commissioners for necessary expenses incurred in the
discharge of their duties as BOARD members [of the Board].

(A) Appointment; members.

(1) THERE IS A RECREATION AND PARKS BOARD IN
WASHINGTON COUNTY.

(2) THE RECREATION AND PARKS BOARD CONSISTS OF 7
MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. ONE OF THE
MEMBERS SHALL BE A MEMBER OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SERVING EX
OFFICIO.

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

(4) THE TERMS OF MEMBERS ARE STAGGERED AS REQUIRED BY
THE TERMS PROVIDED FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ON JULY 1, 1984.

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

(6) 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.

(7) EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD IS ENTITLED TO
COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES AS PROVIDED IN THE
ANNUAL BUDGET.

(b) Property; powers. The County Commissioners may accept
and acquire real and personal property [of all kinds] suitable
for the purposes and programs of the Recreation and [Park] PARKS
Board, and may turn over [such] THAT property to the use and
administration of the Board. The County Commissioners may
appropriate in the annual budget [such sums as may be] FUNDS
necessary to purchase land, construct improvements, and defray
current expenses for the maintenance of the recreation and [park]
PARKS areas under the control of the Board and for the purposes
and programs of the Board. Also, the County Commissioners may
turn over public properties for these purposes and programs. The
acquisition of [such] property by the County Commissioners may be
by purchase, condemnation, gift, grant, bequest, devise or lease,