Maryland Attorney General Opinion 101oag023

Gen. 23] 23 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES INCOMPATIBILITY OF OFFICES – COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE July 25, 2016 Rochelle S. Eisenberg Pessin Katz Law, P.A. On behalf of the Board of Education of Carroll County (“school board”), you have asked for our opinion on two questions that have arisen out of the election of Dennis E. Frazier, a public school employee, to the Board of County Commissioners of Carroll County. Your first question is whether “a county commissioner, who is also a public school employee, may vote on matters impacting the local board of education,”…