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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 57-6 LGBTQ Commission.">
  <section prefix="§" num="57-6" heading="LGBTQ Commission.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Established.">There is a Baltimore City LGBTQ Commission within the Office.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Duties of Commission.">The Commission shall:<para num="(1)">advise the Office and the Mayor and City Council on issues relating to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">collaborate and consult with the Office on matters relating to the discharge of the Office’s duties.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Composition.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">The Commission comprises at least 14 members, but no more than 25 members, 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; with:<para num="(i)">2 members nominated by the City Council President; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">2 members nominated by the Comptroller.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Diversity.">
        <para num="(i)">The Mayor shall appoint Commission members to represent the diversity of people and ideas within the Baltimore lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">The Commission shall include, at a minimum, representation from lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community organizations representing health, social service, religious, and human rights issues and its members shall be representative of the diversity in the community with regard to socioeconomic status, religion, race, ethnicity, gender identification, age, and families.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Terms.">
      <para num="(1)">Commission members serve a term of 4 years, concurrent with the terms of the Mayor and the City Council.</para>
      <para num="(2)">At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</para>
      <para num="(3)">A member appointed to fill a vacancy in an unexpired term or to succeed a member who is holding over serves only for the remainder of that term.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Compensation; expenses.">The members of the Commission:<para num="(1)">serve without compensation; but</para>
      <para num="(2)">are entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, as provided in the Ordinance of Estimates.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Chair.">
      <para num="(1)">The Commission shall elect a Chair from among its members.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The term of the Chair is 1 year.</para>
      <para num="(3)">The Chair may be reelected.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Meetings; quorum.">
      <para num="(1)">The Commission shall meet at least monthly.</para>
      <para num="(2)">A majority of the members of the Commission constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 21-028</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
