Maryland § 3-401

§ 3-401.

    (a)    The Carroll County Board consists of:

        (1)    Five voting members;

        (2)    Subject to subsection (f) of this section, one nonvoting student representative; and

        (3)    The County Commissioners, who are nonvoting ex officio members.

    (b)    A candidate elected to the county board shall be a resident and registered voter of Carroll County. Any member who no longer resides in Carroll County may not continue as a member of the board.

    (c)    (1)    Voting members of the Carroll County Board shall be elected as follows:

            (i)    Two members of the board shall be elected in the November general election of 1994 and every 4 years thereafter;

            (ii)    Two members of the county board shall be elected in the November general election of 1996 and every 4 years thereafter; and

            (iii)    One member of the county board shall be elected in the November general election of 1998 and every 4 years thereafter.

        (2)    Voting members of the county board shall be elected:

            (i)    At a general election as required by this section; and

            (ii)    On a general countywide ticket.

    (d)    (1)    Each voting member serves for a term of 4 years beginning the first Monday in December immediately following the voting member’s election and until a successor is elected and qualifies. The terms of the voting members are staggered as required for the elections to the county board in subsection (c)(1) of this section.

        (2)    A voting member may not serve for more than two consecutive terms.

        (3)    The Governor shall appoint a new voting member to fill any vacancy on the board for the remainder of that term and until a successor is elected and qualifies.

        (4)    A voting member of the county board as of October 1, 1993, and any voting member appointed to fill a vacancy in an unexpired term of such member, shall hold office during his term and until a successor is elected and qualifies.

    (e)    (1)    The State Board may remove a voting member of the county board for:

            (i)    Immorality;

            (ii)    Misconduct in office;

            (iii)    Incompetency; or

            (iv)    Willful neglect of duty.

        (2)    Before removing a voting member, the State Board shall send the member a copy of the charges against him and give him an opportunity within 10 days to request a hearing.

        (3)    If the voting member requests a hearing within the 10–day period:

            (i)    The State Board promptly shall hold a hearing, but a hearing may not be set within 10 days after the State Board sends the member a notice of the hearing; and

            (ii)    The voting member shall have an opportunity to be heard publicly before the State Board in his own defense, in person or by counsel.

        (4)    A voting member removed under this subsection has the right to a de novo review of the removal by the Circuit Court for Carroll County.

    (f)    (1)    The student representative shall:

            (i)    Be an eleventh or twelfth grade student in the Carroll County public school system elected by the high school students of the county in accordance with procedures established by the school system;

            (ii)    Be a student government association representative at the student’s high school;

            (iii)    Serve for 1 year beginning on July 1 after the election of the student representative; and

            (iv)    Advise the county board on the thoughts and feelings of students in Carroll County public schools.

        (2)    Unless invited to attend by an affirmative vote of a majority of the county board, the student representative may not attend an executive session of the county board.