H.B. 865                                                 VETOES

2-102.

The term of office of each member of the Commission is four years.
[Appointments] IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, APPOINTMENTS shall be made on or
before June 15 of the year in which any appointment is to be made, and terms of office
shall begin as of that [date and if] DATE. IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY,
APPOINTMENTS SHALL BE MADE ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 1 OF THE YEAR IN
WHICH ANY APPOINTMENT IS TO BE MADE, AND TERMS OF OFFICE SHALL BEGIN AS
OF THAT DATE. IF any appointment is not made as provided in this section a vacancy
exists which shall be filled as provided in this article for the filling of vacancies on the
Commission. The members of the Commission in office immediately prior to July 1,
1975 shall remain in office under the provision of this article for the remainder of the
terms for which they were appointed. Members may continue to serve until their
successors are appointed and have qualified. In Montgomery County a person may
not be appointed for 3 consecutive, full terms. Those members who have served 2
consecutive terms may complete their current terms.

2-115.

(a) THIS SECTION APPLIES TO COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED FROM
MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.

(B) No commissioner may:

(1) Decide or participate in a decision in which the commissioner has a
financial interest, whether as owner, member, partner, officer, employee, stockholder,
or other participant of or in any private business or professional enterprise, that will
be affected by such decision, nor may a commissioner knowingly participate in a
decision affecting the financial interest of a person related to the commissioner or the
commissioner's spouse, father, mother, brother, sister, or child, jointly or severally.
This paragraph may not be construed to prohibit a commissioner from having or
holding private investment, business, or professional interests, but shall be construed
to apply when these interests are or reasonably may be in conflict with the proper
performance of duty by the commissioner. These interests shall be presumed to be in
conflict with the proper performance of duty by the commissioner when the
commissioner or the commissioner's spouse, father, mother, brother, sister or child,
jointly or severally, owns a total of more than three percent of the invested capital or
capital stock of any groups, firms, corporations, or associations involved in the
decision being made by the commissioner or the commission or planning board on
which the commissioner serves or receives a total combined compensation of more
than $5,000 per year from any individual, groups, firms, corporations, or associations
involved in the decision being made by the commissioner or the commission or
planning board on which the commissioner serves. The prohibition does not apply to
or include an interest or investment in land geographically remote from the land
involved in the decision, the ownership of a recorded single family lot on which the
member actually resides, or a possibility of reverter, a mortgage, or other security
interest in which the real property in interest is not as otherwise defined in this
paragraph.

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