2013 Maryland Code
STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT
§ 17-203 - Advisory Council on Prevailing Wage Rates [Effective until July 1, 2013]
§17-203.
(a) In this section, “Advisory Council” means the Advisory Council on Prevailing Wage Rates.
(b) There is an Advisory Council on Prevailing Wage Rates in the Division of Labor and Industry.
(c) The Advisory Council consists of the following 6 members:
(1) 2 individuals from management in the building and construction industry;
(2) 2 individuals from labor in the building and construction industry; and
(3) 2 individuals from the general public.
(d) (1) The Governor shall appoint each member with the advice of the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(2) The 2 members from management shall be selected from a list submitted by management organizations in the building and construction industry.
(3) The 2 members from labor shall be selected from a list submitted by labor organizations in the building and construction industry.
(e) Before taking office, each appointee to the Advisory Council shall take the oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution.
(f) (1) From among the Advisory Council members, the Governor shall appoint a chairman.
(2) The chairman of the Advisory Council:
(i) shall serve for 1 year from the day of appointment; and
(ii) is not eligible for reappointment as chairman for the following year.
(g) (1) The term of a member is 3 years.
(2) The terms of members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Advisory Council on October 1, 1988.
(3) At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.
(4) If a vacancy occurs, the Governor shall appoint a new member with the advice of the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation.
(5) 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.
(h) The Governor may remove a member for incompetence or misconduct.
(i) (1) The Advisory Council shall advise and submit recommendations to the Commissioner on the Commissioner’s functions under this subtitle.
(2) The Commissioner may ask other units of the State government or units of local governments to provide statistical data, reports, and other information to help the Advisory Council to carry out its duties.
(j) The Advisory Council shall meet at least twice a year and on other days the Commissioner requests, at the times and places that it determines.
(k) Each member of the Advisory Council is entitled to:
(1) compensation in accordance with the State budget; and
(2) reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.
(l) Subject to the evaluation and reestablishment provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act, this section shall terminate and be of no effect after July 1, 2014.
§ 17-203 - Advisory Council on Prevailing Wage Rates [Effective July 1, 2013]
Repealed by Acts 2013, ch. 224, § 1, effective July 1, 2013.
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