1. (a)

   1. (1) The Director of the University of Maryland Energy Research Center, a University of Maryland faculty member, shall be the Director of the Institute.
   2. (2) The Institute Director shall appoint an Associate Director who shall be a University of Maryland faculty member.

2. (b) The Institute Director, or the Institute Director's designee, shall:

   1. (1) attend all meetings of the Institute Board;
   2. (2) act as secretary to the Institute Board;
   3. (3) keep minutes of all proceedings of the Institute Board;
   4. (4) approve all salaries, per diem payments, and allowable expenses of the Institute, its employees, and its consultants;
   5. (5) approve any expenses incidental to the operation of the Institute; and
   6. (6) perform the other duties the Institute Board directs in carrying out this part.

Added by Acts 2017, c. 364, § 2, eff. July 1, 2017; Acts 2017, c. 365, § 2, eff. July 1, 2017.