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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="5A-402" title_number="5A" title_name="Division of Historical and Cultural Programs" subtitle_number="4">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Maryland Advisory Committee on Historic Agricultural Structure Preservation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Committee consists of 10 members.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The ex officio members are:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Secretary of Agriculture, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Secretary of Commerce, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the Secretary of Planning, or the Secretary’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the Director of the Maryland Historical Trust; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the Director of the Maryland Cooperative Extension.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Governor shall appoint the other five members, of whom:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>one shall be from a list of at least two nominees representing the Maryland State Grange;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>one shall be from a list of at least two nominees representing the Maryland Farm Bureau;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>two shall be individuals actively engaged in agriculture; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>one shall be a member of the Maryland Environmental Trust.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Secretary of Planning serves as chair.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The term of an appointed member is 4 years.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A member of the Committee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may not receive compensation as a member; 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>
</section>
