Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 3-2B-08 - Removal(a) The State Board may remove an elected or appointed member of the county board or a member appointed by the Governor to fill a vacancy in office for an elected or appointed member for any of the following reasons: (2) Misconduct in office;(4) Willful neglect of duty; or(5) Failure to attend, without good cause, at least 75% of the scheduled meetings of the county board in any 1 calendar year.(b) Before removing a member, the State Board shall send the member a copy of the charges against the member and give the member an opportunity to request a hearing within 10 days.(c) If the member requests a hearing within the 10-day period: (1) The State Board promptly shall hold a hearing, but a hearing may not be set within 10 days after the State Board sends the member a notice of the hearing; and(2) The member shall have an opportunity to be heard publicly before the State Board in the member's own defense in person or by counsel.(d) A member removed under this section has the right to a de novo review of the removal by the Circuit Court for Baltimore County.Renumbered as § -3-2B-08 by 2017 Md. Laws, Ch. 473,Sec. 1, eff. 6/1/2017.Added by 2014 Md. Laws, Ch. 481,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2014.Added by 2014 Md. Laws, Ch. 480,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2014.