1. (a) The Council consists of the following 26 members:

   1. (1) two commissioners from each member county;
   2. (2) the Director of Economic Development from each member county;
   3. (3) two mayors from each member county or their representatives, appointed by the commissioners from their respective member county;
   4. (4) the chair of each member county's legislative delegation to the House of Delegates, or the chair's designee;
   5. (5) the two members of the Senate of Maryland representing the member counties in Districts 1 and 2;

   6. (6) six private citizens, two from each member county, who are:

      1. (i) appointed by their respective commissioners;
      2. (ii) not listed under item (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of this subsection; and
      3. (iii) neither elected officials nor employees of a unit of local government.

2. (b)

   1. (1) A member who qualifies because of the member's elected or appointed position is a member of the Council only during the member's term of office in the elected or appointed position.

   2. (2) A member appointed:

      1. (i) under subsection (a)(3) of this section, serves at the pleasure of the commissioners for the county that the member represents;
      2. (ii) under subsection (a)(4) of this section, shall reside in the member county that the member represents; and

      3. (iii) under subsection (a)(6) of this section:

         1. 1. serves at the pleasure of the commissioners who appointed the member; and
         2. 2. has the same term as the commissioners who appointed the member.
   3. (3) At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.
   4. (4) Except for an ex officio member, 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.

Added by Acts 2008, c. 306, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2008. Amended by Acts 2011, c. 310, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2011; Acts 2020, c. 545, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.