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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="12-103" title_number="12" title_name="University System of Maryland" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Powers and Duties">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In December each year, the Board of Regents shall elect from among the members of the Board of Regents:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A chairperson; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any other officer it requires.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the member elected as chairperson shall serve in that position subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A chairperson who has been confirmed by the Senate is not subject again to the advice and consent of the Senate during the period of continuous service as chairperson.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Subject to subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph, the Board shall determine the time and place of its meetings and may adopt rules for the conduct of its meetings.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Board shall make available to the public live and archived video streaming of each open meeting and shall allow time at each open meeting for public comment.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The Board shall include all motions and vote tallies from open and closed sessions in publicly available Board meeting minutes.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Governor, the State Treasurer, and the State Comptroller shall be notified of all meetings of the Board and may sit with the Board at any meeting.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Secretary of Budget and Management, the Chairmen of the Senate Finance and Budget and Taxation Committees, and the Chairmen of the House Ways and Means and Appropriations Committees shall be invited to sit with the Board at any meetings of the Board at which requests for appropriations are prepared.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A majority of the voting members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>No formal action may be taken by the Board without the approval of a majority of the voting members of the Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Of the two student members, only one member shall be a voting member of the Board each year.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A student member shall be a voting member of the Board for only 1 year of a 2–year term.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
