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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 23-5 Terms, organization, etc.">
  <section prefix="§" num="23-5" heading="Terms, organization, etc.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Terms.">Members serve for a term of 4 years concurrent with the Mayor’s term of office.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Compensation.">Members and associates serve without compensation.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Vacancies.">
      <para num="(1)">At the end of a term, an appointed member serves until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</para>
      <para num="(2)">A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves out the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Meetings; quorum.">
      <para num="(1)">The Commission shall meet on the call of the Mayor or its Chair as frequently as required to perform its duties, but not less than 6 times a year.</para>
      <para num="(2)">A majority of the members of the Commission constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business, and an affirmative vote by the majority of a quorum is sufficient for any official action.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Rules.">The Commission may adopt rules to govern its meetings and operations.</para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Failure to attend meetings.">Any member who is absent from more than 25% of the scheduled regular meetings, not counting absences excused by the Chair, during any 6-month period, shall be considered by the Mayor to have resigned and shall be so notified by the Commission.</para>
    <para num="(g)" heading="Officers.">
      <para num="(1)">The Mayor shall designate an appointed member, representing the membership category identified in § 23-4(a)(3)(i), as Chair of the Commission.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The Chair may select other officers.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(h)" heading="Committees.">The Chair of the Commission may appoint committees to carry out the functions and duties of the Commission.</para>
    <para num="(i)" heading="Invited participants.">Representatives of state agencies and other organizations that serve the interests of the disabled in Baltimore City may be invited by the Commission to participate in Commission meetings.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §244(e) - (m)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 93-237</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 97-141</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-526</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
