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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="9-202" title_number="9" title_name="Community Reinvestment Fund" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Community Reinvestment Board">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board consists of at least 17 members.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary of the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Secretary of Commerce or their designees are nonvoting members.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Governor shall appoint at least 15 voting members.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to the requirements of this subsection, the voting members shall be appointed and removed in accordance with the organizational documents of the Fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At least two–thirds of the voting members shall represent:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the commercial banking or savings institution industry in the State or other participants that have pledged or contributed money or other substantial assistance to the Fund; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>trade organizations consisting of or otherwise representing two or more members of the commercial banking or savings institution industry in the State or other participants that have contributed money or other substantial assistance to the Fund.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>At least 20% of the voting members shall represent community groups or other entities that may be eligible to receive community reinvestment assistance.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The majority of voting members shall represent the groups described in paragraph (2)(i) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A member of the Board may be a director or member or may have some other legal status required by or appropriate to the type of entity constituting the Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of a voting member may not exceed 3 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A voting member may be reappointed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
