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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="17-104" title_number="17" title_name="Commission" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Commissioners">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A commissioner may be removed before the completion of the commissioner’s term:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>in Montgomery County:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>by the County Executive with the approval of a majority of the members of the County Council; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>unless the County Executive disapproves the resolution in writing within 30 days after its adoption, by resolution of a majority of the members of the County Council; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>in Prince George’s County, by the County Executive with the approval of a majority of the members of the County Council.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Unless a hearing is waived in writing by the commissioner designated for removal, before any removal under this section, a public hearing shall be held:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>in Montgomery County, by the body initiating the removal proceeding; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>in Prince George’s County, by the County Council.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The commissioner shall be given an opportunity at the hearing to present a defense.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
