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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="16-301" title_number="16" title_name="Office of the Public Defender" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Board of Trustees; Regional Advisory Boards">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Board of Trustees of the Office of the Public Defender.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board of Trustees consists of 13 members.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each member of the Board of Trustees shall be a resident of the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>11 members of the Board of Trustees shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall include a representative of each judicial circuit of the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>All members of the Board of Trustees shall be active attorneys admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Maryland.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>One member shall be appointed by the President of the Senate.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>One member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Each member appointed to the Board of Trustees shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>have significant experience in criminal defense or other matters relevant to the work of the Board of Trustees; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>have demonstrated a strong commitment to quality representation of indigent defendants, including juvenile respondents.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>A member of the Board of Trustees may not be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a current member or employee of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the Judicial Branch; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a law enforcement agency in the State; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>a State’s Attorney of a county or municipal corporation of the State;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the Attorney General of Maryland; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the State Prosecutor.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of an appointed member of the Board of Trustees is 3 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The terms of appointed members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Board of Trustees on October 1, 2010.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A vacancy occurring on the Board of Trustees during the term of a member shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as provided for appointments in this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>At the end of a term a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A member whose term has expired may be reappointed to the Board of Trustees.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board of Trustees annually shall elect a chair from among its members.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The chair shall preside over and represent the interests of the Board of Trustees in carrying out this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Seven members of the Board of Trustees are a quorum.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board of Trustees shall hold at least one regular annual meeting at a time and place that the chair designates.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Additional meetings shall be held as necessary and may be called on notice by the chair or at the request of at least two members of the Board of Trustees.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>A member of the Board of Trustees:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may not receive compensation for serving on the Board of Trustees; but</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
