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SENATE BILL 440
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By: Senator Lam
Introduced and read first time: January 21, 2025
Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Anne Arundel County – Office of the Inspector General – Establishment 2
FOR the purpose of requiring the Anne Arundel County Council to establish an Office of 3
the Inspector General in the county; requiring the County Council to enact a certain 4
local law and include a projected budget for the Office of the Inspector General in the 5
county’s annual operating budget proposal; establishing an Office of the Inspector 6
General Advisory Board to select and appoint and, under certain circumstances, 7
remove the Inspector General; and generally relating to the Office of the Inspector 8
General in Anne Arundel County. 9
BY adding to 10
Article – Local Government 11
Section 9–114 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2013 Volume and 2024 Supplement) 14
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16
Article – Local Government 17
9–114. 18
(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE F OLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 19
INDICATED. 20
(2) “ADVISORY BOARD” MEANS THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR 21
GENERAL ADVISORY BOARD. 22
(3) “OFFICE” MEANS THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 23 2 SENATE BILL 440
(B) THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY. 1
(C) THE COUNTY COUNCIL SHALL ESTABLI SH AN OFFICE OF THE 2
INSPECTOR GENERAL IN THE COUNTY . 3
(D) THE COUNTY COUNCIL SHALL: 4
(1) ENACT A LOCAL LAW TH AT ESTABLISHES: 5
(I) THE QUALIFICATIONS F OR THE INSPECTOR GENERAL; 6
(II) THE TERM OF OFFICE O F THE INSPECTOR GENERAL; 7
(III) THE POWERS AND DUTIE S OF THE OFFICE; AND 8
(IV) ANY OTHER REQUIREMENT THE COUNTY COUNCIL 9
CONSIDERS NECESSARY FOR THE OPERATION OF THE OFFICE; AND 10
(2) INCLUDE IN THE COUNT Y’S ANNUAL OPERATING B UDGET 11
PROPOSAL A PROJECTED BUDGET FOR THE OFFICE FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL 12
YEAR. 13
(E) (1) THERE IS AN OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ADVISORY 14
BOARD IN THE COUNTY . 15
(2) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION , THE 16
ADVISORY BOARD CONSISTS OF SEVEN MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY 17
EXECUTIVE AND SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION BY T HE COUNTY COUNCIL. 18
(3) A MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY BOARD MAY NOT BE AN ELECTED 19
OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE OF: 20
(I) THE STATE; 21
(II) THE COUNTY; OR 22
(III) ANY OTHER FEDERAL , STATE, OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT . 23
(4) (I) SUBJECT TO SUBPARAGRA PH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH , THE 24
ADVISORY BOARD: 25
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1. SHALL SELECT AND APP OINT THE INSPECTOR 1
GENERAL; AND 2
2. MAY REMOVE THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ONLY FOR 3
NEGLECT OF DUTY , MALFEASANCE , CONVICTION OF A FELO NY, OR OTHER GOOD 4
CAUSE. 5
(II) AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE O F A MAJORITY OF THE ADVISORY 6
BOARD IS NECESSARY FOR THE SELECTION , APPOINTMENT , OR REMOVAL OF THE 7
INSPECTOR GENERAL. 8
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 9
October 1, 2025. 10