HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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207B.

(a)  (1) The Apprenticeship and Training Council, hereby
created as part of the Department of Employment and Training,
shall consist of [7] 11 9 members all of whom shall be appointed
by the Governor of Maryland, with the advice of the Secretary of
Employment and Training and with the advice and consent of the
Senate of Maryland.

(2)  Four [ Three ] FOUR of the members shall be
representatives of employee organizations; [3] 4 shall be
representatives of employers and [one] 3 1 shall be appointed
from the general public.

(3)  The membership of the Council shall include
[black] representation BY BLACK, FEMALE, AND DEVELOPMENTALLY
DISABLED HANDICAPPED PERSONS. Consultants to the Council shall
include [black] representation BY BLACK, FEMALE, AND
DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED HANDICAPPED PERSONS.

(4)  IN ADVISING THE GOVERNOR, THE SECRETARY SHALL
GIVE CONSIDERATION TO A BALANCED GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION FROM
ALL OF MARYLAND, AND A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLING AND MIX OF
MARYLAND INDUSTRY.

(5)  One member shall be appointed as Chairman by the
Governor, with the advice of the Secretary of Employment and
Training, and serve as Chairman at the pleasure of the Governor.
The State Director of Vocational Education and the State
Supervisor of the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, U.S.
Department of Labor, shall serve as consultants to the Council
without vote. The Governor, with the advice of the Secretary of
Employment and Training, is authorized to appoint up to 3
additional consultants to the Council from the public at large.

(b)  All appointments as members of the Council shall be for
terms of 4 years.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That of the initial
appointment of the 4 new members authorized for the
Apprenticeship and Training Council by the Act: 1 shall be
appointed for a 1-year term to expire on June 30, 1986, 1 shall
be appointed for a 2-year term to expire on June 30, 1987, and 2
shall be appointed for a 3-year term to expire on June 30, 1988.
Subsequent appointments to fill the newly authorized positions,
as well as appointments to fill the positions of the present
members when their terms expire, shall be for a term of 4 years.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved May 28, 1985.