(a) (1) The Board consists of 11 members. (2) With the advice and consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint 8 members who represent one or more of the following: (i) Municipal government; (ii) County government; (iii) A sanitary or a metropolitan commission; (iv) Waterworks supervision; (v) Wastewater works or industrial wastewater works supervision; (vi) Agriculture; (vii) Industrial wastewater works superintendents; and (viii) The Maryland Environmental Service. (3) The Secretary shall appoint: (i) 1 engineer member from the Department; and (ii) 2 public members who represent the community at large. (b) Before taking office, each appointee to the Board shall take the oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution. (c) (1) The term of a member appointed by the Governor is 4 years. (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: (i) Three in 1982; (ii) One in 1983; (iii) One in 1984; and (iv) Two in 1985. (3) At the end of a term, a member appointed by the Governor continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies. (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. (d) The members appointed by the Secretary serve at the pleasure of the Secretary. (e) The Governor may remove for incompetence or misconduct a member appointed by the Governor.
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