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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="5-2103" title_number="5" title_name="Economic Development and Financial Assistance Programs" subtitle_number="21" subtitle_name="Maryland Alcohol Manufacturing and Promotion">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Advisory Commission consists of the following members:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Secretary of Agriculture, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the Special Secretary of the Governor’s Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, or the Special Secretary’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>one member of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission, designated by the chair of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>one member of the Senate of Maryland, appointed by the President of the Senate;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>one member of the House of Delegates, appointed by the Speaker of the House; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>the following members appointed by the Governor:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>one member representing the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>two members representing breweries in the State;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>two members representing distilleries in the State;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>two members representing wineries in the State; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>two members representing growers in the State.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To the extent practicable, the members of the Commission shall reasonably reflect the geographic, racial, ethnic, cultural, and gender diversity of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Before taking office, each member of the Advisory Commission shall take the oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>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 Advisory Commission on July 1, 2022.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <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 label="5">
      <text>A member may not be appointed for more than two consecutive full terms.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Governor may remove a member for incompetence or misconduct.</text>
  </level>
</section>
