Maryland State Government Section 9-907

      (a)      (1)      The Commission consists of the following 30 members:

                  (i)      as an ex officio member, the Chairman of the Maryland Veterans' Home Commission; and

                  (ii)      29 members appointed by the Governor.

            (2)      Of the 29 appointed members:

                  (i)      1 shall be appointed from each of the 8 congressional districts in the State;

                  (ii)      1 shall be a veteran of World War II, appointed from the State at large;

                  (iii)      1 shall be a representative of a women veterans organization in the State;

                  (iv)      1 shall be appointed from a list of individuals submitted to the Governor by each of the following organizations:

                        1.      the American Ex-Prisoners of War, Inc.;

                        2.      the American Legion;

                        3.      the Amvets;

                        4.      the Catholic War Veterans;

                        5.      the Disabled American Veterans;

                        6.      the Fleet Reserve Association;

                        7.      the Jewish War Veterans;

                        8.      the Marine Corps League;

                        9.      the Maryland Retired Officers Association;

                        10.      the Military Order of the Purple Heart;

                        11.      the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association;

                        12.      the Polish Legion of American Veterans;

                        13.      the Veterans of Foreign Wars;

                        14.      the Vietnam Veterans of America;

                        15.      the Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.;

                        16.      the Black Veterans of All Wars, Inc.;

                        17.      the Maryland Coalition of the Retired Enlisted Association; and

                        18.      the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge; and

                  (v)      1 shall be a veteran of the Persian Gulf War appointed from the State at large.

      (b)      Each member must be a resident of the State and a veteran whose final separation from active service with a uniformed service of the United States was under honorable conditions.

      (c)      (1)      The term of an appointed member is 7 years.

            (2)      The terms of the appointed members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Commission on October 1, 1984.

            (3)      At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.

            (4)      A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.