H.B. 662                                                 VETOES

House Bill No. 662

AN ACT concerning

Upper Shore Regional Council

FOR the purpose of adding a new article to the Annotated Code of Maryland to be
designated and known as the Upper Shore Regional Council; establishing the
Council as a regional planning and development agency for Cecil, Kent, and
Queen Anne's counties to facilitate regional planning and development where
the counties are located; providing for the function and dissolution of the
Council; providing for the membership of the Council; providing for the terms of
the members of the Council; prohibiting a member from receiving compensation;
specifying that membership on the Council does not constitute an office of profit;
authorizing the Council to employ a council executive director; providing for
legal representation of the Council; providing for the powers and functions of the
Council; providing funding for the Council from the State budget and local
governments representing the Council and, subject to a certain contingency, the
State budget; providing for the construction of this Act; and generally relating to
the Upper Shore Regional Council.

BY adding

New Article 20D - Upper Shore Regional Council

Section 1-101 through 2-301

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2001 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

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

ARTICLE 20D - UPPER SHORE REGIONAL COUNCIL

         TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

1-101.

(A)     IN THIS ARTICLE. THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(B)     "AREA" MEANS THE REGIONAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AREA THAT
INCLUDES ALL OF CECIL, KENT, AND QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTIES.

(C)     "COMMISSIONER" MEANS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF CECIL COUNTY, KENT COUNTY, OR QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY.

(D)     "COUNCIL" MEANS THE UPPER SHORE REGIONAL COUNCIL.

(E)     "REGION" MEANS THE AREA THAT INCLUDES ALL OF CECIL, KENT, AND
QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTIES.

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