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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="2-209" future_version_removed="true" title_number="2" title_name="General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Gifts and Grants">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “Council” means the Maryland Efficient Grant Application Council.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a Maryland Efficient Grant Application Council.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Council consists of the following members:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Chief Procurement Officer, or the Chief Procurement Officer’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the State Treasurer, or the State Treasurer’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the Comptroller, or the Comptroller’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the Attorney General, or the Attorney General’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the Secretary of Budget and Management, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>the Secretary of Health, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>the Secretary of Human Services, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>the Secretary of Housing and Community Development, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>the Secretary of Agriculture, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>the Secretary of the Environment, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>the State Superintendent of Schools, or the State Superintendent’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xii">
        <text>the Director of the Maryland Energy Administration, or the Director’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xiii">
        <text>the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy, or the Executive Director’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xiv">
        <text>the chair of the Maryland Higher Education Commission, or the chair’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xv">
        <text>the Secretary of Natural Resources, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xvi">
        <text>the nonprofit organizations navigator, or the navigator’s designee, who shall serve as a nonvoting member;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xvii">
        <text>a representative from the Maryland Association of Counties;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xviii">
        <text>a representative from the Maryland Municipal League;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xix">
        <text>five representatives of private nonprofit organizations with experience providing services funded by State or federal grants and that reflect the size and diversity of the nonprofit grant recipients in the State, appointed by the Governor;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xx">
        <text>one representative of a private nonprofit organization, appointed by the President of the Senate; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xxi">
        <text>one representative of a private nonprofit organization, appointed by the Speaker of the House.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>This paragraph applies to members of the Council appointed under paragraph (1)(xix) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The term of a member is 4 years.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The terms of members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Council on July 1, 2020.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>The Governor may remove a member for neglect of duty, incompetence, or misconduct.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Secretary of Budget and Management, or the Secretary’s designee shall serve as Chair of the Council.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The staffing responsibilities of the Council shall be shared by the agencies represented on the Council.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A member of the Council:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may not receive compensation as a member of the Council; 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 Council shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>advise the Department of Budget and Management on the implementation of § 2–210 of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>monitor and report to the Department of Budget and Management on the State’s progress towards implementing § 2–210 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
