EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES, TASK FORCES, & ADVISORY BOARDS

Through special study boards, the Governor draws upon the expertise of private citizens and public servants to help solve problems of government. Many of these boards must complete their work by a prescribed date. Others are ongoing. They may receive staff or other administrative support from an executive department or agency. Interagency committees and councils often are formed to coordinate the work of government agencies in a particular field.

For commissions, committees, task forces, and advisory boards that have concluded their work, see Defunct Executive Commissions, Committees, Task Forces, & Advisory Boards

State House, Annapolis, Maryland, April 2005. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Acid Deposition Advisory Committee
• Adolescent Pregnancy, Governor's Council on
• Adoption Oversight Team
• Advanced Technology Business, Governor's Commission on the Development of
• African-American History & Culture, Commission on
• African-American Males, Task Force on the Education of
• Aging, Commission on
• Aging Services, Interagency Committee on
• Agricultural Commission, Maryland
• Agricultural Education & Rural Development Assistance Board, Maryland
• Agricultural Fair Board, Maryland
• Air Quality Control Advisory Council
• Airport Zoning Appeals, Board of
• Amusement Ride Safety Advisory Board, State
• Anatomy Board, State
• Apprenticeship & Training Council
• Aquaculture Advisory Committee
• Archaeology, Advisory Committee on
• Architectural Review, State Board of
• Arthritis & Related Diseases, State Advisory Council on
• Artistic Property, Commission on
• Arts Council, Maryland State
• Asbestos Oversight Committee
• Asian-Pacific American Affairs, Governor's Commission on
• Attainment Plan Task Force (DOE)
• Aviation Commission, Maryland

• Banking Board
• Bay Restoration Fund Advisory Committee
• Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee
• Blue Crab Task Force
• Boat Act Advisory Committee
• Boat Dealer Advisory Council
• Broadband Communications Deployment in Underserved Rural Areas, Task Force on
• Business-Owner Compensation in Condemnation Proceedings, Task Force on
• Building Rehabilitation Code Advisory Council, Maryland

• Cancer Control, State Council on
• Cancer Registry Advisory Committee, Maryland
• Canvassers, Board of State
• Capital City, State Commission on the
• Capital Debt Affordability Committee
• Caregivers Support Coordinating Council, Maryland
• Cease Fire Council
• Cemetery Operations, Advisory Council on
• Chemical Demilitarization Citizens' Advisory Commission
• Chesapeake & Atlantic Coastal Bays, Critical Area Commission for the
• Chesapeake Bay, Governor's Council on the
• Chesapeake Bay, Task Force on Traffic Capacity Across the
• Chesapeake Bay through Sustainable Forestry, Governor's Commission for Protecting the
• Child Abuse & Neglect, State Council on
• Child Care Administration Advisory Council
• Child Fatality Review Team, State
• Children, State Citizens Review Board for
• Children, State Coordinating Council for
• Children's Environmental Health & Protection Advisory Council, State
• Children's Trust Fund Advisory Board
• Civil Rights, Md. State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on
• Clam Advisory Committee
• Coastal & Watershed Resources Advisory Committee
• Coastal Bays Fishery Advisory Committee
• Community Services Advisory Commission (DHMH)
• Community Services Reimbursement Rate Commission (DHMH)
• Consumer Council
• Correctional Standards, Commission on
• Correctional Training Commission
• Cox Creek Citizens Oversight Committee
• Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
• Criminal Justice Information Advisory Board
• Criminal Offender Monitoring by Global Positioning Systems, Task Force to Study
• Criminal Sentencing Policy, State Commission on
• Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake & Atlantic Coastal Bays
• Cullen Task Force (DJS)
• Customer Council (DPSCS)

• Data Security Committee, State
• Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Maryland Advisory Council for the
• Deep Creek Lake Policy & Review Board
• Debt, Commission on State
• Developmental Disabilities Council, Maryland
• Dimensions Oversight Committee
• Disabilities, Interagency Transition Council for Youth with
• Disabilities, Maryland Commission on
• Disabilities Board, Interagency
• Dredged Material Management Plans, Executive Committee for
• Drivers, Governor's Work Group on Young
• Drug & Alcohol Abuse Council, Maryland State
• Drugs, Panel to Review Off-Label Uses of

• Economic Adjustment Financing Committee, Maryland
• Economic Development Commission, Maryland
• Education, Governor's Commission on Quality
• Education Coordinating Committee
• Education Coordinating Council for Correctional Institutions
• Elderly & Retiree Migration Into & Out of Maryland, Task Force to Study the Dynamics of
• Elevators, Special Advisory Committee on
• Emergency Number Systems Board
• Emergency Management Advisory Council
• Emergency Response Commission, Maryland State
• Environmental Justice & Sustainable Communities, Commission on
• Equal Pay Commission
• Excellence in Adult Education, Superintendent's Panel on
• Explosives Advisory Council

• Family Violence Council
• Farmers Advisory Board, Young
• Female Population Task Force (DJJ)
• Fine Arts Education Advisory Panel
• Fire, Advisory Council to the Center for the Study of the Health Effects of
• Fire Prevention Commission, State
• Fire-Rescue Education & Training Commission, Maryland
• Fleet Safety Committee, State
• Forest Advisory Commission
• Forms Management Committee, Interagency
• Fur Resources Advisory Committee

• General Assembly Compensation Commission
• Geographic Information Committee, Maryland State
• Geologic Mapping Advisory Committee
• Geological Survey, Commission of the Maryland
• Governor's Salary Commission
• Gunpowder Falls Local Advisory Board

• Hall of Records Commission
• Handgun Permit Review Board
• Handgun Roster Board
• Hart-Miller-Pleasure Island Citizens Oversight Committee
• Hazardous Substance Advisory Council, Controlled
• Head-Start Collaboration Network, Maryland Advisory Council on
• Hearing-Impaired Infants, Advisory Council for Program to Identify
• Heart Disease & Stroke, State Advisory Council on
• Hepatitis C, State Advisory Council on
• Hereditary & Congenital Disorders, State Advisory Council on
• Heritage Areas Authority, Maryland
• Higher Education, State Planning Committee for
• Higher Education Commission, Maryland
• Highway Access Valuation Board, State
• Hispanic Affairs, Governor's Commission on
• Historic Preservation, Maryland Advisory Council on
• Historically Underutilized Businesses, Governor's Council for
• Homelessness, Governor's Advisory Board on
• Homelessness, Governor's Interagency Council on
• Hospital & Ambulatory Surgical-Facility Report-Card Steering Committee
• Housing Finance Review Committee
• Human Relations, Commission on
• Human Services Transportation, State Coordinating Committee for
• Humanities Council, Maryland
• Hunger, State Advisory Council on

• Immunizations, Statewide Advisory Commission on
• Independent-Living Council, Maryland Statewide
• Indian Affairs, Commission on
• Infant Mortality Prevention, State Commission on
• Information Technology Board, State
• Institutional Educator Pay Plan Committee
• Institutional Review Board (DHMH)
• Interagency Coordinating Council (for Infants & Toddlers Program), State

• Jefferson Patterson Historical Park & Museum, Advisory Committee for
• Job Service Employer Committees
• Judges, Masters & Juvenile Justice Committee (DJJ)
• Judicial Compensation Commission
• Judicial Disabilities, Commission on
• Juvenile Justice Advisory Council
• Juvenile Services, State Advisory Board for
• Juvenile Services Educational Programs, Coordinating Council for

• Labor Relations Board, State
• Laboratory Advisory Committee (DHMH)
• Land Reclamation Committee
• Lead Poisoning Prevention Commission
• Lending Equity within Financial Institutions Providing State Depository Services, Maryland, Task Force on
• Libraries, Maryland Advisory Council on

• Managing for Results, Governor's Interagency Steering Committee for
• Manufacturing Competitiveness, Maryland Advisory Commission on
• Mathematics Commission, Maryland
• Medicaid Advisory Committee, Maryland
• Medical Advisory Board (MVA)
• Medical Privacy & Confidentiality, State Advisory Council on
• Mental Illness & Substance Abuse Disorders, Task Force on the Needs of Persons with Co-occurring
• Mental Hygiene, Maryland Advisory Council on
• Migratory & Seasonal Farm Labor, Governor's Commission on
• Migratory Waterfowl Advisory Committee
• Military Installation Strategic Planning Council, Maryland
• Military Monuments, Governor's Commission on Maryland
• Mining Advisory Council, Aggregates
• Minority Affairs, Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for
• Minority Business Procurement, Governor's Task Force on Centralized Bidder Registration for
• Missing Vulnerable Adults, Task Force on
• Mortality Review Committee
• Museum Assistance Review Panel

• National Historical Publications & Records Commission, Md. Advisory Board of the
• National Register of Historic Places, Governor's Consulting Committee on the
• New Americans, Maryland Advisory Council for
• Noise, Advisory Council, Environmental
• Nonprofit Sector, Governor's Interagency Council for the
• Nursing, Statewide Commission on the Crisis in
• Nursing Home Report-Card Steering Committee
• Nursing Homes, Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in
• Nutrient Management Advisory Committee
• Nutrient Reduction Oversight Committee, Interagency

• Obesity, Task Force to Study Utilization Review of the Surgical Treatment of Morbid
• Occupational Safety & Health Advisory Board
• Open Meetings Law Compliance Board, State
• Oral Health Advisory Committee
• Organ & Tissue Donation Awareness, State Advisory Council on
• Organic Certification Advisory Committee, Maryland
• Osteoporosis Prevention and Education Task Force
• Oyster Committee, Statewide
• Oyster Diving Committee
• Oyster Dredgers Committee
• Oyster Restoration Alternatives, Independent Advisory Panel for the Environmental Impact Statement to Evaluate
• Oyster Tongers Committee

• Parent Advisory Council, Maryland's
• Park Advisory Commission
• Parole Commission, Maryland
• Patuxent River Commission, State
• Performance Excellence Council (DHMH)
• Pesticide Advisory Committee (DAG)
• Physical Fitness, State Advisory Council on
• Police Training Commission
• Port Commission, Maryland
• Port Land-Use Development, Advisory Council for
• Power Plant Research Advisory Committee
• Pricing & Selection Committee for Rehabilitation & Employment Programs
• Pro Bono Program Committee
• Procurement Advisory Council (BPW)
• Procurement Preferences Task Force
• Procurement Review Board (DGS)
• Professional Services Selection Board, General
• Professional Standards & Teacher Education Board
• Prosecutor Selection & Disabilities Commission, State
• Public Safety Communications Interoperability Governance Work Group

• Quality Care at the End of Life, State Advisory Council on

• Race Fund Advisory Committee, Maryland-Bred
• Race Fund Advisory Committee, Maryland Standardbred
• Radiation Control Advisory Board
• Rehabilitation Advisory Council, Maryland State
• Revenue Estimates, Board of
• Roads Commission, State
• Rural Legacy Board
• Rural Legacy Board Advisory Committee

• Scenic & Wild Rivers Review Board
• School Construction, Interagency Committee on
• School Health Council, Maryland State
• School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council, Maryland
• Seafood Marketing Advisory Commission
• Self-Directed Care, Task Force on
• Security Council, Maryland
• Service & Volunteerism, Governor's Commission on
• Shelter, Nutrition, & Service Program for Homeless Individuals, Governor's Advisory Board of the
• Skipjacks Task Force, Save Our
• Slavery's History & Legacy in Maryland, Commission to Coordinate the Study, Commemoration, & Impact of
• Social Studies Task Force
• Soil Conservation Committee, State
• Specialized Transportation, Interagency Committee on
• Spinal Cord Injury Research, State Board of
• Sport Fisheries Advisory Commission
• State Employees' Health Insurance Advisory Council
• State Employees Surety Bond Committee
• State Use Industries Management Council
• State's Attorneys Liaison Committee (DJJ)
• Student Behavior Intervention Task Force
• Sundry Claims Board
• Survivors Scholarship Fund, Committee to Establish the Maryland

• Tawes Garden Advisory Board
• Teacher Education Council, State
• Telecommunications Relay, Governor's Advisory Board for
• Testing Methods for the Maryland High School Assessments, Task Force on Comparable
• Tidal Fisheries Advisory Commission
• Tong Committee, Patent
• Tourism Development Board, Maryland
• Transportation Commission, Maryland
• Transportation Enhancements Program Executive Committee
• Transportation Goals, Benchmarks, & Indicators, Advisory Committee on
• Transportation Professional Services Selection Board

• Uniform State Laws, State Commission on

• Vehicle Theft Prevention Council
• Veterans Commission, Maryland
• Veterans Home Commission, Maryland
• Victim Services, State Board of
• Volunteerism, Governor's Commission on Service &

• Wage Rates, Advisory Council on Prevailing
• War Memorial Commission
• Wastewater Treatment Systems, Interagency Technical Assistance Committee on
• Water Monitoring Council, Maryland
• Water Quality Advisory Committee, State
• Web-Based Learning Project Steering Committee
• Wellmobile Program Advisory Board, Governor's
• Western Maryland Economic Development Task Force
• Wetlands Restoration Steering Commmittee
• Wildlife Advisory Commission
• Wildlife Advisory Committee, Captive
• Wild Turkey Advisory Committee
• Wine and Grape Advisory Committee, Maryland
• Women, Maryland Commission for
• Women & Information Technology, Task Force on the Status of
• Women's Health Promotion Council
• Workers' Compensation Commission, Advisory Committee on Budget of State
• Workforce Quality Advisory Board, Partnership for

• Youth Camp Safety Advisory Council
• Youthful Offender Initiative Task Force

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