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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="4-208" title_number="4" title_name="Division of Development Finance" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Community Development Administration">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Housing Finance Review Committee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Housing Finance Review Committee consists of seven members appointed by the Governor on recommendation of the Secretary as follows:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>three employees of the Department, one of whom may be the Secretary;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>one employee of the Executive Branch of State government who is not employed by the Department; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>three members of the public.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of a public member is 4 years and begins on July 1.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At the end of a term, a public member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A public 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>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Housing Finance Review Committee shall review and make recommendations to the Secretary about:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>specific loan requests or categories of loan requests; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the investment and project financing policies of the Administration.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary may approve a specific loan request without a recommendation of the Housing Finance Review Committee if the request requires urgent action.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
