§ 20-7. District Management Committee.

(a) In general.

(1) The District Management Committee shall be a committee of the Association's Board.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, any and all powers and authority of the Association or its Board regarding the management of the District including, without limitation, the power to direct the expenditure of District funds, shall be delegated to, and shall be exercised by, the District Management Committee.

(b) Composition.

(1) The voting members of the District Management Committee shall be District assessed business owners, or, when the District assessed business owner is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust, or any other legal entity, representatives of the District assessed business owners of an assessed business in the District that is subject to the District special assessments under this subtitle.

(2) The District Management Committee shall include owners or representatives of District assessed businesses with 1-75 rooms, assessed businesses with 76-200 rooms, and assessed businesses with 201 rooms and more.

(3) The District Management Committee shall include owners or representatives of District assessed businesses from diverse geographic areas throughout the District.

(c) Terms.

The terms of the members of the District Management Committee may be staggered from time to time in order to promote both rotation of new members and continuity of governance.

(d) Duties.

(1) The District Management Committee shall have the power to direct the expenditure of District funds.

(2) The District Management Committee may delegate to the president and chief executive officer of the Association the authority to discharge District Management Committee duties deemed appropriate and necessary by the District Management Committee in accordance with § 20-8 of this Subtitle.

(e) Bylaws.

Subject to the approval of the Board of Estimates, the District Management Committee may adopt bylaws as it considers necessary to carry out the powers of the District Management Committee.

(f) Committee chair.

(1) The District Management Committee shall select from among its members an individual to serve as the chair of the District Management Committee.

(2) The chair shall serve at the pleasure of the District Management Committee.

(3) The District Management Committee may delegate to the chair those powers and responsibilities that the District Management Committee considers appropriate.

(g) Quorum; Voting.

Except as may otherwise be provided in the District Management Committee's bylaws:

(1) at any meeting of the District Management Committee, a majority of the committee members shall constitute a quorum; and

(2) the affirmative vote of a majority of committee members voting at a meeting for which a quorum is present is required to approve any action by the District Management Committee.