Ch. 26                                     2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

2.       TWO MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ON AFRICAN
AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE, APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION, TO PROVIDE
CONTINUING COORDINATION AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE CORPORATION AND
THE COMMISSION AND TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH THE STATEWIDE PROGRAMS
AND MANDATES OF THE COMMISSION;

3.       FOUR REPRESENTATIVES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN
HISTORICAL OR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE STATE; AND

4.       TWENTY-EIGHT MEMBERS WHO HAVE EXPERTISE IN
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, CULTURE, MUSEUMS, OR RELATED AREAS, EXPERTISE
IN FUND-RAISING, OR REPRESENT THE DIVERSITY OF COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT
THE STATE THAT CAN BENEFIT FROM THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CORPORATION.

(2) (I) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS
PARAGRAPH, THE MEMBERS APPOINTED TO THE BOARD SHALL REPRESENT THE
GEOGRAPHIC MAKEUP OF THE STATE AND SHALL BE RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY
DIVERSE.

(II) THE GOVERNOR MAY APPOINT TO THE BOARD UP TO FIVE
MEMBERS FROM OUTSIDE THE STATE IF NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT THE
MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED IN
PARAGRAPH (1)(II)4 OF THIS SUBSECTION.

(C)     COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES.
A MEMBER OF THE BOARD:

(1)      IS NOT ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD;
BUT

(2)      IS ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE STANDARD STATE TRAVEL REGULATIONS.

(D)     TENURE; OATH; VACANCIES.

(1)     THE TERM OF AN APPOINTED MEMBER OF THE BOARD IS 4 YEARS.

(2)      BEFORE TAKING OFFICE, EACH APPOINTEE TO THE BOARD SHALL
TAKE THE OATH REQUIRED BY ARTICLE I, § 9 OF THE MARYLAND CONSTITUTION.

(3)      THE TERMS OF MEMBERS ARE STAGGERED AS REQUIRED BY THE
TERMS PROVIDED FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ON OCTOBER 1, 2004.

(4)     AT THE END OF A TERM, A MEMBER CONTINUES TO SERVE UNTIL A
SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED AND QUALIFIES.

(5)      A MEMBER WHO IS APPOINTED AFTER A TERM HAS BEGUN SERVES
ONLY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM AND UNTIL A SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED
AND QUALIFIES.

(E)     OFFICERS; QUORUM; COMMITTEES.

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