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Terms Used In Maryland Code, BUSINESS OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS 17-204

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) A majority of the members then serving on the Commission is a quorum.

(b) (1) The Commission shall meet at least once a month, at the times and places that the Commission determines.

(2) Within a reasonable time after giving notice to the Commission, a member of the public is entitled to be heard, at a meeting of the Commission, on any matter within the jurisdiction of the Commission.

(c) Each member of the Commission 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.