(a) The County Council may designate, by resolution approved by the County Executive, a nonprofit corporation which complies with all requirements of this Article as the County’s local management board. If the County Executive disapproves the resolution within 10 days after receiving it, the Council may readopt the resolution with at least 6 affirmative votes.
(b) Each designation expires 3 years after the resolution is adopted unless the Council extends it by adopting another resolution under this Section.
(c) A corporation must comply, through its articles of incorporation and bylaws, with all requirements of this Article to continue as the County’s local management board.
(d) In this Chapter, local management board means the corporation that the County has designated to implement a local, interagency service delivery system for children, youth, and families. (2003, L.M.C., ch. 20, § 1.)
Editor's note—2003 L.M.C., ch. 20, § 2, states: Timetable; transition.
(a) The first resolution adopted under Section 2-119(a), inserted by Section 1 of this Act, must take effect on July 1, 2004. Any corporation that seeks to be designated as the local management board must submit proposed articles of incorporation and bylaws to the County Executive and County Council for review and comment by May 1, 2004.
(b) By February 1, 2004, the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services must submit to the Executive and Council a local management board transition plan to address such issues as financial oversight during a transition; modification of service contracts to assure that services to children and families are not disrupted; and transition of affected employees.
(c) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of County Code Section 19A-13, a person employed by the Department of Health and Human Services before July 1, 2004, may be employed by a corporation after it is designated as the local management board, and if so employed may immediately work on any matter that the person significantly participated in as a Department employee.