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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="1-3A-02" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3A">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Maryland 3–1–1 Oversight Board in the Maryland Information Network.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board consists of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>two members of the Senate of Maryland, appointed by the President of the Senate;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>two members of the House of Delegates, appointed by the Speaker of the House;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the following members appointed by the Governor:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a person with expertise in artificial intelligence;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a person with expertise in geographic information systems; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a member of the general public to serve as the chair of the Board; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>one representative from each of the following:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Maryland Information Network;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Maryland Department of Information Technology;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the Maryland Department of Emergency Management;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the Maryland Department of Aging;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the Maryland Department of Disabilities;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>the Maryland 9–1–1 Board;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>the Maryland Association of Counties;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>the Maryland Municipal League;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>a county in the State that is not participating in the Program under § 1–3A–04 of this subtitle and does not have an existing 3–1–1 system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>a county in the State that is not participating in the Program under § 1–3A–04 of this subtitle and has an existing 3–1–1 system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>a county in the State that is participating in the Program under § 1–3A–04 of this subtitle and does not have an existing 3–1–1 system; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xii">
        <text>a county in the State that is participating in the Program under § 1–3A–04 of this subtitle and has an existing 3–1–1 system.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The terms of the members described in subsection (b)(1), (2), and (4)(ix) through (xii) of this section shall terminate after the Board submits the report required under § 1–3A–05(b) of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board shall meet at least four times per calendar year.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>For purposes of the Open Meetings Act, a project site visit or educational field tour may not be considered a meeting of the Board if no organizational business is conducted.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A member of the Board:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may not receive compensation as a member of the Board; but</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The Maryland Information Network shall provide staff to the Board.</text>
  </level>
</section>
