# Sec. 2-173. Same; Officers; Meetings; Bylaws; Subcommittees; Ex-Officio Members; Staff Support

Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.

## Sec. 2-173. Same; Officers; Meetings; Bylaws; Subcommittees; Ex-Officio Members; Staff Support

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 2-173 (2026)

(a) A chairperson and other officers shall be elected annually from among and by the membership of the Advisory Committee. A member shall not serve as chairperson for more than two (2) consecutive years.

(b) The Advisory Committee shall meet in public session as frequently as required to perform its duties and exercise its responsibilities at least six times per year at the times and places that the Advisory Committee determines. The minutes of each meeting of the Advisory Committee shall be recorded and copies thereof shall be made available at cost to any interested party upon request. Any member of the Advisory Committee who fails, without an excused absence, to attend three (3) consecutive meetings of the Advisory Committee, or six (6) or more of the meetings of the Advisory Committee in any given calendar year, shall be considered to have resigned from the Advisory Committee. Any member of the Advisory Committee may be removed by the County Executive, pursuant to Section 507 of County Charter.

(c) The Advisory Committee shall adopt bylaws governing the conduct of its meetings and other official duties and activities.

(d) The Advisory Committee may create internal subcommittees and solicit the assistance of additional participants as needed.

(e) The County Health Officer shall annually confer with the Advisory Committee in order to ascertain the need for and provide such staff services to the Advisory Committee as are, in the Health Officer's judgement, essential to insure that the Advisory Committee's work is facilitated. Upon establishment of a County Core Service Agency, the Director of that agency shall assume the above duties.