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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="9-1608" title_number="9" title_name="Miscellaneous Executive Agencies" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Office of Administrative Hearings">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a State Advisory Council on Administrative Hearings.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Council consists of 10 members.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Of the 10 Council members:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>1 shall be a member of the Senate of Maryland, appointed by the President of the Senate;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>1 shall be a member of the House of Delegates, appointed by the Speaker of the House;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>1 shall be the Attorney General or the Attorney General’s designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>1 shall be a nongovernmental attorney who practices before the Office of Administrative Hearings;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>2 shall be secretaries or designees from departments involved in the adjudication of contested cases;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>2 shall represent the Maryland State Bar Association; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>2 shall be from the general public.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Governor shall appoint the members specified in subsection (c)(4) through (7) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Of the members appointed under subsection (c) of this section, not more than 5 shall be attorneys who practice before the Office of Administrative Hearings.</text>
  </level>
</section>
