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Terms Used In Maryland Code, BUSINESS OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS 16-204

  • 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) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a majority of the members then serving on the Commission is a quorum.

(2) A majority of the members then serving on the Commission is not a quorum unless 2 home inspector members and 2 real estate appraiser members are present.

(b) (1) The Commission shall meet at least once each calendar quarter, at the times and places that the Commission determines.

(2) Each member of the Commission shall receive written notice of the time and place of a meeting at least 10 days before the scheduled date of the meeting.

(3) 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.