Bill No. 52-10
Concerning: Commission on Veterans Affairs - Membership
Revised: 10/21/2010 Draft No. 1
Introduced: October 26, 2010
Enacted: November 30, 2010
Executive: December 9, 2010
Effective: March 10, 2011
Sunset Date: None
Ch. 53 , Laws of Mont. Co. 2010
County Council
For Montgomery County, Maryland
By: Council President at the request of the County Executive
AN ACT to:
(1) alter the membership of the Commission on Veterans Affairs; and
(2) generally amend the law relating to the Commission.
By amending
Montgomery County Code
Chapter 24, Health and Sanitation
Section 24-61
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The County Council for Montgomery County, Maryland approves the following Act:
Sec. 1. Section 24-61 is amended as follows:
24-61. Commission on Veterans Affairs.
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(c) Composition; Term.
(1) The Commission has [15] 16 voting members.
(2) The Executive should appoint 8 members who are veterans and may be a member of a veterans group, such as:
(A) Vietnam Veterans of America;
(B) American Veterans (AMVETS);
(C) Disabled American Veterans;
(D) Veterans of Foreign Wars;
(E) Women Veterans of America;
(F) American Legion; or
(G) Military Order of the Purple Heart.
(3) The Executive must appoint 4 members to represent the general public.
(4) The Executive must designate the following ex officio members:
(A) the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services, or the Director’s designee;
(B) the Director of the Department of Economic Development, or the Director’s designee; [and]
(C) the County Executive or the Executive’s designee; and
(D) the President of Montgomery College or the President’s designee.
(5) The Executive must invite a representative of the County’s Congressional delegation who is either a member of the delegation or an individual designated to represent the delegation to be a non-voting member of the Commission.
(6) The term of each member is 3 years.
(7) The Executive must designate a chair and a vice-chair from among the Commission’s members.
(8) After an appointment to fill a vacancy before a term expires, the successor serves the rest of the unexpired term.
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Approved: