Section 3-401 - [See Note] Membership(a) The Carroll County Board consists of: (2) Subject to subsection (f) of this section, one nonvoting student representative; and(3) The County Commissioners, who are nonvoting ex officio members.(b) A candidate elected to the county board shall be a resident and registered voter of Carroll County. Any member who no longer resides in Carroll County may not continue as a member of the board.(c)(1) Voting members of the Carroll County Board shall be elected as follows:(i) Two members of the board shall be elected in the November general election of 1994 and every 4 years thereafter;(ii) Two members of the county board shall be elected in the November general election of 1996 and every 4 years thereafter; and(iii) One member of the county board shall be elected in the November general election of 1998 and every 4 years thereafter.(2) Voting members of the county board shall be elected: (i) At a general election as required by this section; and(ii) On a general countywide ticket.(d)(1) Each voting member serves for a term of 4 years beginning the first Monday in December immediately following the voting member's election and until a successor is elected and qualifies. The terms of the voting members are staggered as required for the elections to the county board in subsection (c)(1) of this section.(2) A voting member may not serve for more than two consecutive terms.(3) The Governor shall appoint a new voting member to fill any vacancy on the board for the remainder of that term and until a successor is elected and qualifies.(4) A voting member of the county board as of October 1, 1993, and any voting member appointed to fill a vacancy in an unexpired term of such member, shall hold office during his term and until a successor is elected and qualifies.(e)(1) The State Board may remove a voting member of the county board for: (ii) Misconduct in office;(iv) Willful neglect of duty.(2) Before removing a voting member, the State Board shall send the member a copy of the charges against him and give him an opportunity within 10 days to request a hearing.(3) If the voting member requests a hearing within the 10-day period:(i) 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(ii) The voting member shall have an opportunity to be heard publicly before the State Board in his own defense, in person or by counsel.(4) A voting member removed under this subsection has the right to a de novo review of the removal by the Circuit Court for Carroll County.(f)(1) The student representative shall:(i) Be an eleventh or twelfth grade student in the Carroll County public school system elected by the high school students of the county in accordance with procedures established by the school system;(ii) Be a student government association representative at the student's high school;(iii) Serve for 1 year beginning on July 1 after the election of the student representative; and(iv) Advise the county board on the thoughts and feelings of students in Carroll County public schools.(2) Unless invited to attend by an affirmative vote of a majority of the county board, the student representative may not attend an executive session of the county board.Amended by 2013 Md. Laws, Ch. 467, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2013.Amended by 2013 Md. Laws, Ch. 466, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2013.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.