(a)    (1)    The Board consists of 11 members.

(2)    With the advice and consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint 8 members who represent one or more of the following:

(i)    Municipal government;

(ii)    County government;

(iii)    A sanitary or a metropolitan commission;

(iv)    Waterworks supervision;

(v)    Wastewater works or industrial wastewater works supervision;

(vi)    Agriculture;

(vii)    Industrial wastewater works superintendents; and

(viii)    The Maryland Environmental Service.

(3)    The Secretary shall appoint:

(i)    1 engineer member from the Department; and

(ii)    2 public members who represent the community at large.

(b)    Before taking office, each appointee to the Board shall take the oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution.

(c)    (1)    The term of a member appointed by the Governor is 4 years.

(2)    The terms of members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Board on July 1, 1981. The terms of those members end as follows:

(i)    Three in 1982;

(ii)    One in 1983;

(iii)    One in 1984; and

(iv)    Two in 1985.

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

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

(d)    The members appointed by the Secretary serve at the pleasure of the Secretary.

(e)    The Governor may remove for incompetence or misconduct a member appointed by the Governor.