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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 2-1 Commission established.">
  <section prefix="§" num="2-1" heading="Commission established.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Created.">There is a Cable Communications Advisory Commission.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Composition and appointment.">
      <para num="(1)">The Commission comprises 14 members, 1 from each Council District, 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)">Each member must be a resident of and registered voter in the Council District from which the member is appointed.</para>
      <para num="(3)">The members shall be appointed without regard to political party affiliation.</para>
      <para num="(4)">No member may be an employee, stockholder, officer, or director of a CATV franchisee.  Nor may any member have any financial interest, direct or indirect, in the operation or ownership of a franchise.  The fact that a member subscribes to cable television service is not a conflict of interest.</para>
      <para num="(5)">The members appointed may represent the following interests: law, cable technology, education, finance, and communications.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Term limits; vacancy.">
      <para num="(1)">Members serve for a term of 4 years concurrent with the Mayor’s term of office.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Members shall serve only 1 full term on the Commission, plus any partial term as herein provided or through the filling of a vacancy.</para>
      <para num="(3)">Any vacancy on the Commission shall be filled by the Mayor in the manner provided in &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="IV|§6"&gt;Article IV, § 6 of the Baltimore City Charter&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Compensation.">The members of the Commission shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §230(a) - (c)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 90-614</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 09-170</annotation>
  </section>
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