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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 56-2 Commission composition.">
  <section prefix="§" num="56-2" heading="Commission composition.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">
      <para num="(1)">The Advisory Commission comprises 23 members.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Of these:<para num="(i)">20 members are appointed by the Mayor in accordance with &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="IV|§6"&gt;City Charter Article IV, § 6&lt;/cite&gt;; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">3 are ex officio members.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Appointed members.">The members appointed by the Mayor are as follows:<para num="(1)">a member of the Baltimore City House Delegation to the Maryland General Assembly, to be nominated by the Speaker of the House of Delegates;</para>
      <para num="(2)">a member of the Baltimore City Senate Delegation to the Maryland General Assembly, to be nominated by the President of the Senate; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">the following, to be nominated by the President of the City Council:<para num="(i)">2 Baltimore City residents;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">a representative of the Hispanic community;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">a representative of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">an individual with expertise in the area of reentry after incarceration;</para>
        <para num="(v)">a representative of the Fraternal Order of Police;</para>
        <para num="(vi)">a representative of the Vanguard Justice Society;</para>
        <para num="(vii)">a resident of Baltimore City public housing;</para>
        <para num="(viii)">an individual at least 14 years old or older and under the age of 21; and</para>
        <para num="(ix)">1 resident of each of the 9 police districts of Baltimore City.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Ex officio members.">The ex officio members are as follows:<para num="(1)">the Chair of the City Council’s Public Safety Committee or of any City Council Committee succeeding to the duties of the City Council’s Public Safety Committee (or the Chair’s designee) ;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the Police Commissioner (or the Commissioner’s designee); and</para>
      <para num="(3)">the Director of the Office of Civil Rights and Wage Enforcement or of any office or agency succeeding to the duties of the Office of Civil Rights and Wage Enforcement relevant to duties of the Citizens Advisory Commission for Public Safety (or the Director’s designee) .</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 17-035</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 17-068</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
