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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="3-202" title_number="3" title_name="Open Meetings Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Open Meetings Law Compliance Board">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board consists of three members.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At least one of the members shall be an attorney admitted to the Maryland Bar.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Governor shall appoint the members with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>From among the members of the Board, the Governor shall appoint a chair.</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 Board on October 1, 2014.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed.</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.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A member may not serve for more than two consecutive 3–year terms.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
