Ch. 3

1992 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(8)     Each commissioner [who shall be appointed by the County Executive or
from among the members of the Board of County Commissioners shall serve] SERVES
at the pleasure of the [County Executive and the Board of County Commissioners,
respectively] RESPECTIVE APPOINTING OFFICIAL.

(9)     Commissioners [who are not appointed from the members of the Board
of County Commissioners], OTHER THAN THE REQUIRED MEMBER FROM THE
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COUNCIL, [shall be appointed for a period and]
SERVE FOR A term of [three] 3 years[, provided, however, that except for
commissioners who have been appointed as of March 15, 1966, and who are not members
of the respective governing bodies, commissioners shall be appointed for a three-year
term and period by the respective governing bodies duly elected at the 1966 general
election] WHICH BEGINS ON JUNE 1. THE COMMISSIONER REQUIRED FROM
THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COUNCIL SERVES WHILE A MEMBER OF
THE COUNTY COUNCIL, AND AT THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE AND COUNTY COUNCIL OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.

(10)   Members of the commission shall serve until their successors have been
appointed and qualified.

(11)   The County [Executive and the Board of County Commissioners]
EXECUTIVES AND THE GOVERNOR shall inform the Commission of their
appointments to and removals from the Commission by delivering to the Commission [,]
a certified copy of the resolution or other action making the appointment or causing the
removal.

8.

A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum. The affirmative vote of a
majority of the Commission[, which majority shall include at least two members
appointed by each county,] shall be necessary to take any action. A MAJORITY FOR
DETERMINING A QUORUM OR FOR TAKING ANY ACTION SHALL INCLUDE
AT LEAST 1 MEMBER APPOINTED BY EACH COUNTY, 1 MEMBER
APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, AND THE SECRETARY OF
TRANSPORTATION OR THE SECRETARY'S DESIGNEE.

12.

[(a)]The district is hereby authorized to enter into contracts or agreements with
the authority pursuant to which the authority undertakes to provide the transit facilities
and services to the district, specified in a mass transit plan adopted by the authority, in
consideration for the undertaking by the district to contribute, such sums as shall be
agreed upon, to the capital required for the construction and/or acquisition of such transit
facilities, for debt service requirements and for meeting expenses and obligations incurred
in the operation of such facilities. The district shall not enter into any such contracts or
agreements with respect to transit facilities and service in either Montgomery or Prince
George's Counties unless the governing body of the affected county adopts a resolution
approving the transit facilities and service proposed to be provided in its county, the
terms and provisions of the contract or agreement and the allocation between the
counties of the obligations created by such contract or agreement. The failure of one of

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