# Economic Development (GEC)

## Title 13. Regional Development Resources

### Subtitle 5. Rural Broadband Coordination Board

#### Section 13-503

(a) The Board consists of the following members:

  (1) the Secretary, or the Secretary's designee;

  (2) the Secretary of Transportation, or the designee of the Secretary of Transportation;

  (3) the Secretary of Information Technology or the Director of Network Maryland as the designee of the Secretary of Information Technology;

  (4) the chair of the Rural Maryland Council, or the chair's designee;

  (5) the chair of the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland, or the chair's designee;

  (6) the chair of the Tri-County Council for Western Maryland, or the chair's designee;

  (7) the chair of the Mid-Shore Regional Council, or the chair's designee;

  (8) the chair of the Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, or the chair's designee; and

  (9) the chair of the Upper Shore Regional Council, or the chair's designee.

(b) The Board shall elect a chair from among its members.

(c) The Board shall adopt bylaws to carry out this subtitle.

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Md. Code Ann., Econ. Dev. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)