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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="10-104" title_number="10" title_name="Maryland Affordable Housing Trust" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board consists of 14 trustees.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The nonvoting trustees are:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Secretary;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a member of the House of Delegates, appointed by the Speaker of the House; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a member of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>With the advice and consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint 11 voting trustees, consisting of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>four representatives of the public; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>one representative of each of the following:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>title companies doing business in the State;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>financial institutions doing business in the State;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>political subdivisions;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>nonprofit housing developers;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>for profit housing developers;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>public housing authorities; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="7">
          <text>social services providers.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In appointing trustees, the Governor shall consider geographic representation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Service as a trustee is not a State office or State employment for purposes of any prohibition against holding two public positions.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of a voting trustee is 4 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The terms of voting trustees are staggered as required by the terms provided for voting trustees on October 1, 2005.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>At the end of a term, a voting trustee continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A voting trustee 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>
</section>
