Section 9-501 - Definitions(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.(b) "Official action" means a phase of the process in which a public agency in St. Mary's County makes a decision or recommendation, including receipt of information and deliberation.(c)(1) "Public agency" means: (i) a governmental unit of St. Mary's County, including an advisory or quasi-judicial agency, that is: 1. supported in any part by public money; or2. authorized to spend public money;(ii) the St. Mary's County Board of Education;(iii) the St. Mary's County Board of Library Trustees;(iv) the St. Mary's County Metropolitan Commission; and(v) the St. Mary's County Housing Authority.(2) "Public agency" includes a subcommittee or other subordinate unit of a governmental unit listed in paragraph (1) of this subsection.(3) "Public agency" does not include: (iii) a law enforcement agency; or(iv) the judicial branch.(d) "Public agency meeting" means the convening of a quorum of the constituent membership of a public agency to deliberate or act on a matter under the supervision, control, jurisdiction, or advisory power of the public agency.(e) "Quorum", unless otherwise defined by applicable law, means a simple majority of the constituent membership of a public agency.(f) "Staff meeting" means a meeting of three or more staff members of one or more public agencies.Amended by 2020 Md. Laws, Ch. 208,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2020.Amended by 2020 Md. Laws, Ch. 96,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2020.Revised and recodified by 2013 Md. Laws, Ch. 119,Sec. 2, eff. 10/1/2013.