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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="23-404" title_number="23" title_name="Libraries" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="County Public Libraries">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Each year, each board of library trustees:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Shall elect one of its appointed members as its chair; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>May elect any other officer it requires from among the appointed members of the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The treasurer of each board of library trustees shall be bonded adequately.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each board of library trustees may determine the time and place of its meetings and may adopt rules for the conduct of its meetings. However:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each board shall meet at least once every 3 months;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any final action of a board shall be taken at a public meeting; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The minutes of board meetings shall be open to the public.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any member of a board of library trustees who fails to attend at least half of the scheduled meetings of the board during any calendar year shall be considered to have resigned from the board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The chair of the board of library trustees shall report the member’s name and nonattendance to the county governing body by January 15 of the following year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The county governing body may reject the resignation if the member explains his nonattendance satisfactorily.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The resignation is effective from the date of the final review by the county governing body, which shall be within 10 days after it receives the report from the chair of the board of library trustees. The county governing body shall fill any resulting vacancy as provided in § 23–403 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
