(a) Creation and appointment. There is a Commission on Children and Youth. The County Executive appoints Commission members, subject to County Council approval. The Commission has 27 members, including the following:
(1) one representative from the:
(A) public school system;
(B) private schools in the County; and
(C) Department of Recreation.
(2) The Department of Health and Human Services has 2 representatives.
The remaining 22 members should be equally divided among individuals with recent experience in agencies providing services to children and youth, youth and young adults, and parents. The County Executive appoints the Chair and the Vice-Chair of the Commission, subject to County Council approval. A County government representative must not be the Chair or Vice-Chair. Commission members may make recommendations to the County Executive about appointment of the Chair and Vice-Chair.
(b) Terms of office. The term of a member is 3 years, except that a youth or young adult member is appointed for one year from June 1 to May 30.
(c) Compensation. Members of the Commission must not receive compensation for their services.
(d) Meetings. The Commission meets on the call of the Chair as required to perform its duties but not less than 6 times each year.
(e) Advocacy. The Commission must not engage in any advocacy activity at the State or federal levels unless that activity is approved by the Office of Intergovernmental Relations.
(f) Staff. The Department of Health and Human Services provides the necessary staff support to the Commission for the conduct of the Commission's formal sessions. (1979 L.M.C., ch. 4, § 1; 1979 L.M.C., ch. 20, § 1; 1981 L.M.C., ch. 41, § 1; FY 1991 L.M.C., ch. 5, § 1; 1995 L.M.C., ch. 13, § ; 2016 L.M.C., ch. 15, § 1.)
Editor's note-Section 5 of 1995 L.M.C., ch. 13, reads as follows: "Sec. 5. A regulation that implements a function assigned to the Department of Health and Human Services by 1995 LMC ch. 13 continues in effect but is amended to the extent necessary to provide that the regulation is administered by the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services."