Section 13-408 - Executive Board - Membership; chair.
§ 13-408. Executive Board - Membership; chair.
(a) Specified members.- The Executive Board shall include:
(1) the chair of the Council;
(2) the Governor or the Governor's designee;
(3) the Secretary or the Secretary's designee;
(4) the Secretary of Agriculture or the designee of the Secretary of Agriculture;
(5) the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene or the designee of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene;
(6) the Secretary of Housing and Community Development or the designee of the Secretary of Housing and Community Development;
(7) the Secretary of Natural Resources or the designee of the Secretary of Natural Resources;
(8) the Director of the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service or the Director's designee;
(9) two representatives of the Maryland Municipal League, selected from rural regions of the State;
(10) two representatives of the Maryland Association of Counties, selected from rural regions of the State;
(11) one representative of each of the rural regional planning and development councils in the State;
(12) one representative of each of the resource, conservation, and development councils in the State;
(13) one or more representatives of units of the federal government;
(14) one representative from Garrett County, Allegany County, or Washington County;
(15) one representative from Carroll County or Frederick County;
(16) one representative from Calvert County, Charles County, or St. Mary's County;
(17) one representative from Cecil County or Harford County;
(18) one representative from Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, or Worcester County;
(19) one representative of the private for-profit sector;
(20) one representative of the not-for-profit sector;
(21) no more than six representatives of statewide not-for-profit organizations with a rural focus;
(22) two at-large members, selected by the membership of the Council; and
(23) as nonvoting members, the senators and delegates appointed to the Council under § 13-405(b)(3) of this subtitle.
(b) Selection and service of members.- Members of the Executive Board shall be selected and serve in accordance with the bylaws of the Council.
(c) Expansion of membership.- The Council may expand the membership of the Executive Board through the bylaws of the Council.
(d) Chair.- The chair of the Council is the chair of the Executive Board.
[An. Code 1957, art. 41, § 15-104(c)(2), (3), (d); 2008, ch. 306, § 2.]