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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="5-506" title_number="5" title_name="Aviation" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Airport Zoning -- by Administration">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Board of Airport Zoning Appeals in the Department.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board consists of 10 members appointed by the Governor with the advice of the Secretary and the advice and consent of the Senate.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Of the members of the Board:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Three shall be residents of Anne Arundel County;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Three shall be residents of Baltimore County;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Two shall be residents of Howard County; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Two, including the Chairman, shall be residents of a county other than those counties specified in items (i), (ii), and (iii) of this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Governor shall designate one of the members of the Board as its Chairman.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each member serves for a term of 4 years and until his successor is appointed and qualifies. The terms of the members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Board on July 1, 1982.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A member appointed to fill a vacancy in an unexpired term serves only for the remainder of that term.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department may employ the personnel necessary to enable the Board to exercise its powers and perform its duties properly.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A member or employee of the Board is entitled to the compensation provided in the State budget. A member of the Board also is entitled to reimbursement for expenses, in accordance with the Standard State Travel Regulations of the Department of Budget and Management.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Board has the powers and duties set forth in § 5-507 of this subtitle and shall comply with all the applicable provisions of Subtitle 6 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The Board shall sit in panels as follows:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>If an application for a variance or an appeal to the Board concerns property located in Anne Arundel County or Howard County, the Board panel shall consist of all members except those who are from Baltimore County; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If an application for a variance or an appeal to the Board concerns property located in Baltimore County, the Board panel shall consist of all members except those who are from Anne Arundel County and Howard County.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
