Section 13-731 – Officers; Procedures; Staff
(a) The Bureau may establish officers, procedures, and voting requirements. (b) The Bureau may employ a staff in accordance with its bylaws.
Section 13-732 – Budget
As the Executive Board decides, the budget of the Bureau may consist of private memberships and public contributions.
Section 13-733 – Corporation
(a) The Bureau may establish a private, nonprofit corporation to assist the Bureau. (b) Subject to the Corporations and Associations Article, the Bureau shall determine the powers and duties of the corporation. (c) The Bureau may: (1) set the number of members of the Board of Directors of the corporation; (2) set a procedure to elect and remove directors; (3) set […]
Section 13-801 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Commissioner” means a member of the Board of County Commissioners of Somerset County or Worcester County or a member of the County Council of Wicomico County. (c) “Council” means the Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland. (d) “Executive Director” means the Executive Director of […]
Section 13-802 – Established
(a) There is a Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland. (b) (1) The Council is a tax-exempt body politic and corporate. (2) The Council is an independent unit that the Governor may not place in a principal department. (c) (1) The Council is a cooperative planning and development unit for the region. (2) The purposes of the Council are […]
Section 13-718 – Plan Required
The Council shall prepare, adopt, and periodically revise a general development plan for the region that embodies the policy recommendations of the Council.
Section 13-803 – Membership
(a) (1) The Council consists of the members described in this subsection. (2) The voting members of the Council are: (i) from Somerset County, the five commissioners; (ii) from Wicomico County: 1. the County Executive; and 2. four members of the county council, appointed by the county council; (iii) from Worcester County, five commissioners, appointed by the Board of County Commissioners; (iv) three municipal […]
Section 13-719 – Objectives
The objectives of the plan are to: (1) guide a coordinated, adjusted, efficient, and economic development of the region in a manner that will best promote the health, safety, order, convenience, prosperity, and welfare of the residents of the region in accordance with present and future needs and resources; (2) provide for patterns of urbanization and the […]
Section 13-804 – Chair
The Council shall elect a chair from among its members.
Section 13-720 – Required Contents
The plan shall include: (1) a statement of the objectives, standards, and principles sought to be expressed in the plan; (2) recommendations for the general circulation pattern for the region including land, water, and air transportation and communication facilities used for movement within the region or to and from adjoining areas; (3) recommendations on the need for and […]