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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 20-1 Commission established.">
  <section prefix="§" num="20-1" heading="Commission established.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">There is a Baltimore City Commission for Women.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Composition.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="Voting members.">The Commission comprises 19 voting members, to be appointed by the Mayor in accordance with &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="IV|§6"&gt;Article IV, § 6 of the City Charter&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Non-voting members.">
        <para num="(i)" heading="In general.">The Mayor may appoint 1 or more members of the Baltimore City Council or the Baltimore City delegation to the Maryland General Assembly as additional, non-voting members of the Commission.</para>
        <para num="(ii)" heading="Ex-officio members.">Notwithstanding subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, any female member of the City Council shall be an ex-officio, non-voting member of the Commission.</para>
        <para num="(iii)" heading="Office of Equity and Civil Rights member.">The Mayor shall appoint a representative from the Baltimore City Office of Equity and Civil Rights or its successor agency to be a non-voting member of the Commission.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Appointment without regard to political affiliation.">The appointment of members must be made without regard to political affiliation.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §183(a)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 83-955</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 06-359</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 18-119</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 21-016</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
