(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; 2001 L.M.C., ch. 29, § 1; 2005 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 1; 2016 L.M.C., ch. 12, § 1.)
Editor’s note—See County Attorney Opinion dated 5/22/98 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.