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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 51-2 Commission established.">
  <section prefix="§" num="51-2" heading="Commission established.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">There is a Baltimore City Veterans Commission.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Composition.">
      <para num="(1)">The Commission comprises 11 members, who shall 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)">The 11 members shall include:<para num="(i)">4 members recommended by the President of the City Council;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the Police Commissioner or the Commissioner’s designee; and</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the Fire Chief or the Chief’s designee.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Qualifications.">
      <para num="(1)">Except as provided in this subsection. each appointed member must be a veteran.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Of the 4 members recommended by the City Council President, 1 shall be a member of the City Council, who need not be a veteran.</para>
      <para num="(3)">The Police Commissioner or designee and the Fire Chief or designee need not be veterans.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 06-362</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord.  12-002</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
