Ch. 648                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

(4) MAY NOT HAVE HAD WITHIN 1 YEAR BEFORE APPOINTMENT
A FINANCIAL INTEREST IN OR HAVE RECEIVED COMPENSATION FROM A
PERSON REGULATED BY THE STATE BOARD.

(E)  RESTRICTIONS ON CONSUMER MEMBERS.

WHILE A MEMBER OF THE STATE BOARD, A CONSUMER MEMBER MAY
NOT:

(1)  HAVE A FINANCIAL INTEREST IN OR RECEIVE
COMPENSATION FROM A PERSON REGULATED BY THE STATE BOARD; OR

(2)  GRADE AN EXAMINATION GIVEN BY THE STATE BOARD.

(F)  OATH.

BEFORE TAKING OFFICE, EACH APPOINTEE TO THE STATE BOARD
SHALL TAKE THE OATH REQUIRED BY ARTICLE I, § 9 OF THE MARYLAND
CONSTITUTION.

(G)  TENURE; VACANCIES.

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

(2)  THE TERMS OF MEMBERS ARE STAGGERED AS REQUIRED BY
THE TERMS PROVIDED FOR MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD ON OCTOBER 1,
1988.

(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 MAY NOT BE REAPPOINTED FOR MORE THAN 2
CONSECUTIVE 3-YEAR TERMS.

(H) REMOVAL.

THE GOVERNOR MAY REMOVE A MEMBER FOR INCOMPETENCE OR
MISCONDUCT.

COMMITTEE COMMENT: Subsections (a) through (c), (f), and
(g)(1), (3), and (4) of this section are new language
derived from former Art. 56, § 532(a), (b), (e), and
the second, third, fifth, and sixth sentences of (c).

Subsections (d) and (e) of this section are new
language that repeats the provisions of present Art.
41, § 8-102 that specify the qualifications for and

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