1. (a)

   1. (1) The Board consists of 11 members.

   2. (2) With the advice and consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint 8 members who represent one or more of the following:

      1. (i) Municipal government;
      2. (ii) County government;
      3. (iii) A sanitary or a metropolitan commission;
      4. (iv) Waterworks supervision;
      5. (v) Wastewater works or industrial wastewater works supervision;
      6. (vi) Agriculture;
      7. (vii) Industrial wastewater works superintendents; and
      8. (viii) The Maryland Environmental Service.

   3. (3) The Secretary shall appoint:

      1. (i) 1 engineer member from the Department; and
      2. (ii) 2 public members who represent the community at large.
2. (b) Before taking office, each appointee to the Board shall take the oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution.

3. (c)

   1. (1) The term of a member appointed by the Governor is 4 years.

   2. (2) The terms of members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Board on July 1, 1981. The terms of those members end as follows:

      1. (i) Three in 1982;
      2. (ii) One in 1983;
      3. (iii) One in 1984; and
      4. (iv) Two in 1985.
   3. (3) At the end of a term, a member appointed by the Governor continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.
   4. (4) A member who is appointed by the Governor after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.
4. (d) The members appointed by the Secretary serve at the pleasure of the Secretary.
5. (e) The Governor may remove for incompetence or misconduct a member appointed by the Governor.

Added by Acts 1981, c. 237, § 2. Amended by Acts Acts 1982, c. 616; Acts 1986, c. 789; Acts 1987, c. 306, § 3; Acts 2006, c. 44, § 6, eff. April 8, 2006; Acts 2010, c. 416, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010.

Formerly Art. 43, § 406A.