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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="13-2416" title_number="13" title_name="Gaming -- Local Provisions" subtitle_number="24" subtitle_name="Washington County">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The gaming commission consists of seven members.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Of the seven members of the gaming commission:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>three shall be appointed by the county commissioners;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>one shall be appointed by the State Senators whose districts are in or include part of the county;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>one shall be appointed by the chairperson of the county delegation to the House of Delegates, with the concurrence of that delegation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>one shall be from the Washington County Clubs Association, appointed by the county Senate and House delegations; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>one shall be a representative of the alcoholic beverages, restaurant, and tavern industries in the county, appointed by the county Senate and House delegations.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each member of the gaming commission shall be a resident of the county.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A member appointed to the gaming commission under subsection (a)(2)(i), (ii), or (iii) of this section may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>hold a tip jar license or wholesaler’s license or be employed by a person who holds a tip jar license or wholesaler’s license; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>hold an ownership interest in or receive a direct benefit from a person who holds a tip jar license or wholesaler’s license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of a member of the gaming commission is 2 years and begins on March 1 or October 1, according to the staggered schedule required by the terms provided for members of the gaming commission on October 1, 2002.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <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="e">
    <text>A member who completes two full terms on the gaming commission may not be reappointed within the 5 years after the end of the second term.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The gaming commission shall adopt conflict of interest regulations applicable to members of the gaming commission.</text>
  </level>
</section>
