§ 13-703
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§13–703.
(a)The Council consists of the following 26 members:
(1)two commissioners from each member county;
(2)the Director of Economic Development from each member county;
(3)two mayors from each member county or their representatives, appointed by the commissioners from their respective member county;
(4)the chair of each member county’s legislative delegation to the House of Delegates, or the chair’s designee;
(5)the two members of the Senate of Maryland representing the member counties in Districts 1 and 2;
(6)six private citizens, two from each member county, who are:
(i)appointed by their respective commissioners;
(ii)not listed under item (1), (2), (3), (4), or
(5)of this subsection; and
(iii)neither elected officials nor employees of a unit of local government.
(1)A member who qualifies because of the member’s elected or appointed position is a member of the Council only during the member’s term of office in the elected or appointed position.
(2)A member appointed:
(i)under subsection (a)(3) of this section, serves at the pleasure of the commissioners for the county that the member represents;
(ii)under subsection (a)(4) of this section, shall reside in the member county that the member represents; and
(iii)under subsection (a)(6) of this section:
1. serves at the pleasure of the commissioners who appointed the member; and
2. has the same term as the commissioners who appointed the member.
(3)At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.
(4)Except for an ex officio member, 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.