SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Tax - Property

2-105.

(a) There is a supervisor for each county.

(b) (1) In this subsection and subsection (c) of this section, "appropriate
county official" means the Mayor of Baltimore City, the county commissioners or
county council of each county, or, if the county charter provides for a county executive,
the county executive with the approval of the county council.

(2) Each supervisor:

(i) shall be appointed by the Director; and

(ii) shall be in the management service of the State Personnel
Management System.

(3) The Director shall appoint each supervisor from a list of 5 qualified
individuals submitted to the Director by the appropriate county official. The Director
shall give the appropriate county official written notice that a vacancy exists in that
county. Unless the Director extends the period on written request from the
appropriate county official, the appropriate county official shall submit its list of
nominees to the Director on or before 60 days from the date the Director notifies the
official of the vacancy.

(4) If the Director finds that none of the nominees on a list meets the
qualifications set under § 2-109 of this subtitle, the Director may reject all of them
and request the appropriate county official to provide a new list. If the appropriate
county official does not submit a new list within 20 days of receiving the Director's
request, the Director may appoint any qualified individual.

(c) (1) In addition to the qualifications set under § 2-109 of this subtitle, a
supervisor:

(i) may not hold any other public office of profit;

(ii) on appointment, need not be a resident of the county for which
the supervisor was appointed, but shall become a resident of the county after the
appointment is made; and

(iii) may not continue to hold office after reaching the age of 70

years.

(2) [In Baltimore City, the] THE appropriate county official may waive
the residency requirement of [item] PARAGRAPH (l)(ii) of this subsection.

(3) IF THE APPROPRIATE COUNTY OFFICIAL NOMINATES AN
INDIVIDUAL UNDER SUBSECTION (B)(3) OF THIS SECTION WHO IS NOT CURRENTLY A