(a) Composition and appointment. There is a Commission on People with Disabilities. The Commission has 25 voting members, and at least 6 nonvoting members, including:
(1) 13 voting members who are people with a disability;
(2) 3 voting members who are parents of people with disabilities;
(3) 9 voting members who represent organizations and agencies that provide services or represent people with disabilities;
(4) one nonvoting member from the:
(A) Department of Recreation;
(B) Department of Transportation;
(C) Human Rights Commission; and
(D) Commission on Veterans Affairs; and
(5) two nonvoting members from the Department of Health and Human Services.
The County Executive appoints Commission members. The County Executive appoints voting members subject to confirmation by the County Council. The County Executive may appoint additional nonvoting members from other governmental agencies. All appointments are for a 3-year term beginning October 1, except appointments to fill unexpired terms. If a vacancy occurs on the Commission, the County Executive should appoint a successor to complete the unexpired term within 60 days of the occurrence of the vacancy. After receiving recommendations of Commission members, the County Executive must appoint the chairperson and vice chairperson of the Commission, subject to confirmation by the County Council.
(b) Compensation. Members of the Commission receive no compensation for their services.
(c) Meetings. The Commission meets on the call of the chairperson as frequently as required to perform its duties, but not less than 6 times each year.
(d) Staff support. The Department of Health and Human Services must provide the staff support necessary for the Commission to perform its duties. (1979 L.M.C., ch. 4, § 2; 1979 L.M.C., ch. 20, § 2; FY 1991 L.M.C., ch. 6, § 2; 1995 L.M.C., ch. 13, § 1; 1996 L.M.C., ch. 4, § 1; 2008 L.M.C., ch. 5, § 1; 2016 L.M.C., ch. 12, § 1.)
Editor's note—2008 L.M.C., ch. 5, § 3, states: Sec. 3. Any regulation in effect when this Act takes effect that implements a function transferred to another Department or Office under Section 1 of this Act continues in effect, but any reference in any regulation to the Department from which the function was transferred must be treated as referring to the Department to which the function is transferred. The transfer of a function under this Act does not affect any right of a party to any legal proceeding begun before this Act took effect.
1995 L.M.C., ch. 13, § 5, states: 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.