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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="4-504" title_number="4" title_name="Tourism, Film, and the Arts" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Maryland State Arts Council">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Council consists of the following 17 members:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>13 members appointed by the Governor in consultation with the Secretary and with the advice and consent of the Senate;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>two members appointed by the President of the Senate of Maryland, at least one of whom shall be a member of the Senate; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates, at least one of whom shall be a member of the House of Delegates.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The term of a member who is not a member of the General Assembly is 3 years and begins on July 1.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A member of the General Assembly appointed to the Council serves until a successor is appointed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A member may be reappointed, but after serving for two consecutive 3-year terms, a member may not be reappointed until at least 1 year after the end of the member’s previous tenure.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The terms of members appointed under subsection (a)(1) of this section are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Council on October 1, 2008.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor has been appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <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 and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In appointing members, the Governor shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>consider recommendations of civic, educational, and professional organizations concerned with or engaged in the production or presentation of the arts; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provide balanced geographic representation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
