- (a) There is a Maryland Advisory Committee on Historic Agricultural Structure Preservation.
(b)
- (1) The Committee consists of 10 members.
(2) The ex officio members are:
- (i) the Secretary of Agriculture, or the Secretary's designee;
- (ii) the Secretary of Commerce, or the Secretary's designee;
- (iii) the Secretary of Planning, or the Secretary's designee;
- (iv) the Director of the Maryland Historical Trust; and
- (v) the Director of the Maryland Cooperative Extension.
(3) The Governor shall appoint the other five members, of whom:
- (i) one shall be from a list of at least two nominees representing the Maryland State Grange;
- (ii) one shall be from a list of at least two nominees representing the Maryland Farm Bureau;
- (iii) two shall be individuals actively engaged in agriculture; and
- (iv) one shall be a member of the Maryland Environmental Trust.
- (c) The Secretary of Planning serves as chair.
- (d) The term of an appointed member is 4 years.
(e) A member of the Committee:
- (1) may not receive compensation as a member; but
- (2) is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations,1 as provided in the State budget.
Added by Acts 2006, c. 187, § 1, eff. July 1, 2006. Amended by Acts 2021, c. 109, § 5.
COMAR 23.02.01.01 et seq.