# Economic Development (GEC)

## Title 13. Regional Development Resources

### Subtitle 7. Tri-County Council for Western Maryland

#### Section 13-703

(a) The Council consists of the following 26 members:

  (1) two commissioners from each member county;

  (2) the Director of Economic Development from each member county;

  (3) two mayors from each member county or their representatives, appointed by the commissioners from their respective member county;

  (4) the chair of each member county's legislative delegation to the House of Delegates, or the chair's designee;

  (5) the two members of the Senate of Maryland representing the member counties in Districts 1 and 2;

  (6) six private citizens, two from each member county, who are:

    (i) appointed by their respective commissioners;

    (ii) not listed under item (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of this subsection; and

    (iii) neither elected officials nor employees of a unit of local government.

(b)

  (1) A member who qualifies because of the member's elected or appointed position is a member of the Council only during the member's term of office in the elected or appointed position.

  (2) A member appointed:

    (i) under subsection (a)(3) of this section, serves at the pleasure of the commissioners for the county that the member represents;

    (ii) under subsection (a)(4) of this section, shall reside in the member county that the member represents; and

    (iii) under subsection (a)(6) of this section:

      (1) serves at the pleasure of the commissioners who appointed the member; and

      (2) has the same term as the commissioners who appointed the member.

  (3) At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.

  (4) Except for an ex officio member, a member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.

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