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Maryland Senate Bill SB172 Compare Versions

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3	3		EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4		[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5		-	Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
6		-	Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
7		-	amendment.
8	5		sb0172
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10	7		SENATE BILL 172
11	8		P1 5lr0613
12	9		(PRE–FILED)
13	10		By: Senator Simonaire
14	11		Requested: June 14, 2024
15	12		Introduced and read first time: January 8, 2025
16	13		Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
17		-	Committee Report: Favorable
18		-	Senate action: Adopted
19		-	Read second time: February 11, 2025
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21		-	~~CHAPTER ______~~
	15	+	A BILL ENTITLED
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23	17		AN ACT concerning 1
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25	19		Maryland Veterans Trust – Board of Trustees – Membership 2
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27	21		FOR the purpose of altering the membership of the Board of Trustees of the Maryland 3
28	22		Veterans Trust to include the Secretary of Disabilities; and generally relating to the 4
29	23		Board of Trustees of the Maryland Veterans Trust. 5
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31	25		BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6
32	26		Article – State Government 7
33	27		Section 9–914(b) 8
34	28		Annotated Code of Maryland 9
35	29		(2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 10
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37	31		SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11
38	32		That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12
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40	34		Article – State Government 13
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42	36		9–914. 14
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44	38		(b) The Board of Trustees shall consist of the following [11] 12 members: 15
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46	40		(1) the Secretary, ex officio, or the Secretary’s designee, who shall serve as 16
47	41		the chair; 17
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	43	+	(2) the Secretary of Aging, ex officio, or the Secretary’s designee; 18
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51		-	(2) the Secretary of ~~Aging~~, ex officio, or the Secretary’s designee; 1
	45	+	(3) the Secretary of Labor, ex officio, or the Secretary’s designee; 19
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53		-	(3) the Secretary of Labor, ex officio, or the Secretary’s designee; 2
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55		-	(4) the Secretary of Health, ex officio, or the Secretary’s designee; 3
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57		-	(5) the Secretary of Human Services, ex officio, or the Secretary’s designee; 4
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59		-	(6) THE SECRETARY OF DISABILITIES, EX OFFICIO, OR THE 5
60		-	SECRETARY’S DESIGNEE; 6
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62		-	(7) the Adjutant General of the Military Department, ex officio, or the 7
63		-	Adjutant General’s designee; 8
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65		-	[(7)] (8) one representative of each of the following organizations, 9
66		-	appointed by the Governor: 10
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68		-	(i) a veterans service organization; 11
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70		-	(ii) a nonprofit organization that serves veterans; and 12
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72		-	(iii) the business community; 13
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74		-	[(8)] (9) a member of the House of Delegates appointed by the Speaker of 14
75		-	the House; and 15
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77		-	[(9)] (10) a member of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate. 16
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79		-	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 17
80		-	October 1, 2025. 18
	47	+	(4) the Secretary of Health, ex officio, or the Secretary’s designee; 20 2 SENATE BILL 172
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84		-	Approved:
85		-	________________________________________________________________________________
86		-	Governor.
87		-	________________________________________________________________________________
88		-	President of the Senate.
89		-	________________________________________________________________________________
90		-	Speaker of the House of Delegates.
	51	+	(5) the Secretary of Human Services, ex officio, or the Secretary’s designee; 1
	52	+
	53	+	(6) THE SECRETARY OF DISABILITIES, EX OFFICIO, OR THE 2
	54	+	SECRETARY’S DESIGNEE; 3
	55	+
	56	+	(7) the Adjutant General of the Military Department, ex officio, or the 4
	57	+	Adjutant General’s designee; 5
	58	+
	59	+	[(7)] (8) one representative of each of the following organizations, 6
	60	+	appointed by the Governor: 7
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	62	+	(i) a veterans service organization; 8
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	64	+	(ii) a nonprofit organization that serves veterans; and 9
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	66	+	(iii) the business community; 10
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	68	+	[(8)] (9) a member of the House of Delegates appointed by the Speaker of 11
	69	+	the House; and 12
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	71	+	[(9)] (10) a member of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate. 13
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	73	+	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act sh all take effect 14
	74	+	October 1, 2025. 15