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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="17-103" title_number="17" title_name="Commission" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Commissioners">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The County Executive shall make an appointment from a list of applicants.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The list shall be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>completed at least 3 weeks before the date the appointment is made; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>open to the public for inspection from the time the list is prepared until the appointment is made.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>If an individual is not appointed from the names on the list, the County Executive shall prepare additional lists and follow the procedure under paragraph (2) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The 3–week period before the date the appointment is made begins with the closing of each list.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the County Executive or a designee of the County Executive may interview in private each applicant for appointment or reappointment to the Commission regarding possible or potential conflicts of interest.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Before appointment, the County Executive or a designee of the County Executive shall interview in private an applicant who is selected for appointment to the Commission regarding possible or potential conflicts of interest.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Before appointment, the County Executive of Prince George’s County or a designee of the County Executive shall inform the Prince George’s County Council of possible or potential conflicts of interest of an applicant who is selected for appointment to the Commission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A written transcript of an interview under subsection (b) of this section:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall be made;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may be reviewed by the applicant, unless the right to review is waived by the applicant;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>may be altered for the applicant by the transcribing officer, if the transcript is accompanied by a statement of the reason given by the applicant for the alteration; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>shall be signed by the applicant.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The transcribing officer shall certify on the transcript that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the applicant was sworn by the officer; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the transcript is a true record of the testimony given by the applicant.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The County Executive of Montgomery County or a designee of the County Executive shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>publicly disclose the complete transcribed testimony of an appointee to the Commission 3 weeks after the appointment; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>destroy immediately the complete transcript of any other applicant without disclosure of any information contained in the transcript.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In Montgomery County, if the County Executive or a designee of the County Executive conducts an interview under subsection (b) of this section, the applicant shall be interviewed:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>in a question and answer fashion;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>under oath; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>about all sources of income, property holdings, business interests, and financial interests of the applicant and the applicant’s spouse, father, mother, brother, sister, and child.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The County Executive of Montgomery County or a designee of the County Executive may require the applicant to produce documents.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
