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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="17-102" title_number="17" title_name="Commission" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Commissioners">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commission consists of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>three commissioners from Prince George’s County, appointed by the County Executive subject to the confirmation of the County Council; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>three commissioners from Montgomery County, of whom:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>two are appointed by the County Executive subject to the confirmation of the County Council; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>one is the Director of the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection, or the Director’s designee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each commissioner from Prince George’s County shall be a resident of the sanitary district.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except for the commissioner who also serves as the Director of the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection, or is the Director’s designee, each commissioner from Montgomery County shall be a registered voter of Montgomery County.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Each commissioner from Prince George’s County shall be a registered voter of Prince George’s County.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (a)(2)(ii) of this section, an individual may not be appointed or continue in office as a commissioner if the individual holds any other position of profit or trust under the Constitution or laws of the State or any political subdivision of the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Not more than two commissioners from Montgomery County may be of the same political party.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to the commissioner who also serves as the Director of the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection, or the Director’s designee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The term of a commissioner is 4 years and begins on June 1 of the year of appointment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The terms of commissioners are staggered as required by the terms provided for commissioners on July 1, 1982.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>At the end of a term, a commissioner continues to serve until a successor is appointed and takes the oath of office.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A commissioner who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and takes the oath of office.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A vacancy on the Commission does not impair the right of the remaining commissioners to exercise all the powers of the Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A member of the Commission who also serves as the Director of the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection, or is the Director’s designee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>serves as a voting member of the Commission; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may serve as the chair or vice chair of the Commission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
