§ 41-21. Recreation and Parks Advisory Board.  


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  • (a) There is a County Recreation and Parks Advisory Board. Each member is appointed by the County Executive and confirmed by the County Council for a 3-year term beginning on July 1. A member serves until a successor is appointed and confirmed.
    (b) The voting members of the Board are:
    (1) 3 representatives from each recreation area; and
    (2) 6 members appointed from the County at-large to represent a cross-section of the population of the County.
    (c) The ex officio, nonvoting members of the Board are:
    (1) a representative of the Department of Parks of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission;
    (2) an administrative representative of the Board of Education;
    (3) the immediate past Chair of the County Recreation Board, unless that person serves on the Board in another capacity;
    (4) a representative of the Office of Community Use of Public Facilities;
    (5) a representative of the Community Action Board;
    (6) a representative of the Commission on Aging; and
    (7) a representative of the Commission on People with Disabilities. (1974 L.M.C., ch. 45, § 2; 1978 L.M.C., ch. 35, § 1; 1982 L.M.C., ch. 51, § 1; 1984 L.M.C., ch. 16, § 1; FY 1991 L.M.C., ch. 9, § 1; 1995 L.M.C., ch. 2, § 1; 1998 L.M.C., ch. 29, § 1; , § 1; , § 1; , § 1.)
    Editor’s note—See County Attorney Opinion dated explaining that a recreation area advisory board does not have the authority to elect representatives to the County Recreation Board; those representatives are appointed by the County Executive.
    Cross reference-Boards and commissions generally, § 2-141 et seq.