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*sb0737*
SENATE BILL 737
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CF HB 1345
By: Harford County Senators
Introduced and read first time: January 31, 2024
Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: February 13, 2024
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Higher Education – Harford Community College Board of Trustees – Alterations 2
FOR the purpose of requiring that a member of the Harford Community College Board of 3
Trustees be a resident of Harford County for the duration of the member’s term; 4
altering, beginning on a certain date, the residency requirements of the appointed 5
members from Harford County councilmanic districts in a certain manner; the 6
membership of the Harford Community College Board of Trustees; requiring the 7
Governor to consider certain factors when appointing members to the Board; altering 8
meeting requirements so that the Harford Community College Board of Trustees and 9
the Harford County Board of Education are no longer required to attend certain 10
meetings; and generally relating to the Harford Community College Board of 11
Trustees. 12
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 13
Article – Education 14
Section 16–408 15
Annotated Code of Maryland 16
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 17
BY adding to 18
Article – Education 19
Section 16–408.1 20
Annotated Code of Maryland 21
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 22
2 SENATE BILL 737
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 1
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 2
Article – Education 3
16–408. 4
(a) (1) The HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE Board of [Community 5
College] Trustees [for Harford County] consists of nine members APPOINTED FROM THE 6
COUNTY AT LARGE . 7
(2) Subject to paragraph (4) (3) of this subsection, each of the members 8
shall be: 9
(i) A resident of Harford County FOR THE DURATION OF THE 10
MEMBER’S TERM; and 11
(ii) Appointed by the Governor for terms of 5 years. 12
(3) Of the nine members: 13
(i) [Six] BEGINNING JULY 1, 2024, SIX shall be appointed [with 14
one from each of the six councilmanic districts] ACCORDING TO THE FOL LOWING: 15
1. THREE MEMBERS RESIDIN G IN COUNCILMANIC 16
DISTRICTS A, B, OR F; and 17
2. THREE MEMBER S RESIDING IN COUNCILMANIC 18
DISTRICTS C, D, OR E; AND 19
(ii) Three shall be appointed from the county at large. 20
(4) No member may be a member of the Harford County Board of 21
Education while serving as a member of the Board. 22
(b) A member of the Board may not serve for more than two consecutive 5–year 23
terms. 24
[(c) At least twice annually, the Board of Community College Trustees, the College 25
President, the Harford County Board of Education, and the Superintendent of the Harford 26
County public schools shall meet to discuss issues of mutual concern.] TO THE EXTENT 27
PRACTICABLE , WHEN APPOINTING MEMB ERS TO THE BOARD, THE GOVERNOR 28
SHALL TAKE INTO CONS IDERATION THE GEOGRA PHIC AND ETHNIC 29
REPRESENTATION OF HARFORD COUNTY SO THAT ALL SE GMENTS OF THE 30
POPULATION OF T HE COUNTY ARE REPRES ENTED ON THE BOARD. 31 SENATE BILL 737 3
16–408.1. 1
AT LEAST TWICE ANNUAL LY, THE PRESIDENT OF HARFORD COMMUNITY 2
COLLEGE AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 3
SHALL MEET TO DISCUS S ISSUES OF MUTUAL C ONCERN. 4
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect June 5
1, 2024. 6
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.