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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-403" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Citizens' Advisory Committee">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (f)(1) of this section, a committee consists of the following seven members:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>one member appointed by the Governor and nominated by the Senator of the legislative district in which the State correctional facilities are located or planned for location;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>three members appointed by the Governor, each one nominated by a different Delegate in the legislative district in which the State correctional facilities are located or planned for location; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>three members appointed by the Governor to provide, to the extent possible, legal, law enforcement, and business representatives on the committee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Governor shall appoint each individual nominated by a Senator or Delegate for a vacancy on a committee within 60 days after receipt of the nominee’s name.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each member nominated by a Senator or Delegate must be a resident of the legislative district in which the State correctional facilities are located or planned for location.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each member appointed by the Governor under subsection (a)(3) of this section, must be a resident of the county in which the State correctional facilities are located or planned for location.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (f)(3) of this section and except for the initial appointments to a committee, the term of a member is 3 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The terms of members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the committee on October 1, 1999.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the remainder of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In Somerset County, the committee consists of the following eight members:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>one member appointed by the Governor and nominated by the Senator from Legislative District 38;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>three members appointed by the Governor, each one nominated by a different Delegate from Legislative District 38;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>three members appointed by the Governor to provide, to the extent possible, legal, law enforcement, and business representatives on the committee; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a Somerset County Commissioner appointed by the Board of County Commissioners of Somerset County.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each member of the committee must be a resident of Somerset County.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The term of the Somerset County Commissioner appointed under paragraph (1)(iv) of this subsection is equal to the Commissioner’s elected term.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
