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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="16-303" 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 are four regional advisory boards of the Office.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each regional advisory board consists of five members appointed by the Governor.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Of the four regional advisory boards:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the first shall advise public defender districts one, eight, and nine, which encompass Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and Harford County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the second shall advise public defender districts two and three, which encompass Caroline County, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne’s County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, and Worcester County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the third shall advise public defender districts four, five, and seven, which encompass Anne Arundel County, Calvert County, Charles County, Prince George’s County, and St. Mary’s County; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the fourth shall advise public defender districts six, ten, eleven, and twelve, which encompass Allegany County, Carroll County, Frederick County, Garrett County, Howard County, Montgomery County, and Washington County.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Each member of a regional advisory board shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a resident of a district represented by that regional advisory board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>a judge of a circuit court;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a judge of the District Court; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>an active attorney admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Maryland.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of a member of a regional advisory board is 3 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A vacancy occurring on a regional advisory board during the term of a member shall be filled by the Governor for the remainder of the unexpired term.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Governor shall annually designate a chair of each regional advisory board from among the members of that regional advisory board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The chair shall preside over and represent the interests of that regional advisory board in carrying out this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>Three members of a regional advisory board are a quorum.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each regional advisory board 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 may be called:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>on notice by the chair;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>on notice by the Public Defender;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>on notice by the district public defender from a district represented by that regional advisory board; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>at the request of at least three members of the regional advisory board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>A member of a regional advisory board:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may not receive compensation for serving on the regional advisory board; 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>
