Ch. 5

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

EACH MEMBER SHALL HAVE EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING TO DEAL WITH THE
MATTERS THAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMISSION.

(C)     TENURE; VACANCIES.

(1)      THE TERM OF A MEMBER IS 5 YEARS.

(2)      THE TERMS OF MEMBERS ARE STAGGERED AS REQUIRED BY THE
TERMS PROVIDED FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 1, 2003.

(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 SERVE MORE THAN 2 TERMS.

(D)     REMOVAL.

WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR, THE SECRETARY MAY REMOVE A
MEMBER FOR NEGLECT OF DUTY OR OTHER SUFFICIENT CAUSE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsections (a), (b), (c)(1), (4), and (5), and (d) of this section
are new language derived without substantive change from the fourth
through ninth sentences and, except as it related to the creation of the
State Fire Commission, the first sentence of former Art. 38A, § 1(a).

Subsection (c)(2) of this section is standard language substituted for the
third sentence of former Art. 38A, § 1(a), which provided for the terms of
the initial members and is obsolete.

Subsection (c)(3) and the clause "until a successor is appointed and
qualifies" in subsection (c)(4) of this section are standard language added
to avoid gaps in membership by indicating that a member serves until a
successor takes office.

In subsection (a)(2)(i) of this section, the reference to a "career" fire
company is substituted for the former reference to a "paid" fire company
for consistency with terminology used throughout this article.

In subsection (a)(2)(vi) of this section, the reference to the "public" is
substituted for the former phrase "general public interest" for consistency
with terminology used throughout this article.

In subsection (d) of this section, the phrase "other sufficient cause" is
substituted for the former phrase "other cause which in the opinion of the
Secretary makes his [the member's] continued membership unwise in the
public interest" for brevity.

Also in subsection (d) of this section, the former phrase "at any time" is
deleted as surplusage.

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