Ch. 292

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(C)     UNLESS INVITED TO ATTEND BY AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF A MAJORITY
OF THE COUNTY BOARD, THE STUDENT MEMBER MAY NOT ATTEND AN EXECUTIVE
SESSION OF THE COUNTY BOARD.

(D)     (1) (I) A CANDIDATE ELECTED TO THE COUNTY BOARD SHALL BE A
RESIDENT AND REGISTERED VOTER OF ST. MARY'S COUNTY. A MEMBER WHO IS NO
LONGER A RESIDENT AND A REGISTERED VOTER OF ST. MARTS COUNTY MAY NOT
CONTINUE AS A MEMBER OF THE COUNTY BOARD.

(II)     A CANDIDATE WHO FILES TO REPRESENT ONE OF THE
COMMISSIONER ELECTION DISTRICTS MUST BE A RESIDENT OF THAT ELECTION
DISTRICT.

(III)   CANDIDATES FILING FOR OFFICE TO REPRESENT THE COUNTY
AT LARGE MAY RESIDE ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY.

(2) (I) AN INDIVIDUAL SUBJECT TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY
BOARD AT THE TIME OF HUNG IS INELIGIBLE TO BE A CANDIDATE.

(II) AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER,
INCLUDING A SPOUSE, SUBJECT TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY BOARD MAY
NOT SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE COUNTY BOARD.

(E)     (1) THE ST. MARTS COUNTY BOARD CONSISTS OF FIVE VOTING
MEMBERS WHO SHALL BE ELECTED AS FOLLOWS:

(I)      ONE MEMBER SHALL BE ELECTED FROM THE COUNTY AT
LARGE; AND

(II)     ONE MEMBER SHALL BE ELECTED FROM EACH OF THE FOUR
COMMISSIONER DISTRICTS.

(2)     VOTING MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY BOARD SHALL BE ELECTED:.

(I)      AT A GENERAL ELECTION AS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION;
AND

(II)     ON A GENERAL COUNTYWIDE TICKET.

(3)     MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY BOARD ELECTED IN THE 1996 GENERAL
ELECTION FROM COMMISSIONER DISTRICTS ONE AND THREE SHALL SERVE FOR AN
INITIAL TERM OF 2 YEARS. AN ELECTION SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN 1998 AND EVERY
4 YEARS THEREAFTER

(4)     MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY BOARD ELECTED IN THE 1996 GENERAL
ELECTION FROM COMMISSIONER ELECTION DISTRICTS TWO AND FOUR AND FROM
THE COUNTY AT LARGE SHALL SERVE FOR AN INITIAL TERM OF 4 YEARS. AN
ELECTION SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN 2000 AND EVERY 4 YEARS THEREAFTER.

(5)     EXCEPT AS SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION, ELECTIONS SHALL BE
CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 33, SUBTITLE 32 OF THE ANNOTATED
CODE OF MARYLAND.

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