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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="11-532" title_number="11" title_name="Horse Racing" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Thoroughbred Racing">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Advisory Committee consists of six members appointed by the Commission with the approval of the Secretary.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Of the six members of the Advisory Committee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>two shall be members of and recommended by the Maryland Horse Breeders Association;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>one shall be recommended by the mile thoroughbred racing licensees;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>one shall be a member of and recommended by the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, Inc.;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>one shall be recommended by the Maryland State Fair and Agricultural Society, Inc.; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>one shall be a member of and appointed by the Commission.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of a member of the Advisory Committee is 1 year and begins on June 1.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Maryland Horse Breeders Association, the mile thoroughbred racing licensees, the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, Inc., or the Maryland State Fair and Agricultural Society, Inc., by June 1 fails to recommend an individual to be a member of the Advisory Committee, the Commission with the approval of the Secretary shall appoint the member.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Governor may remove a member of the Advisory Committee for incompetence or misconduct.</text>
  </level>
</section>
