HOUSE OF DELEGATES

FORMER DELEGATES

[photo, Charles R. Boutin, State Delegate] CHARLES R. (CHUCK) BOUTIN (1942-2021)
Republican, District 34A, Cecil & Harford Counties

Member of House of Delegates, January 13, 1999 to June 30, 2005. Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 2003-05. Member, Health and Government Operations Committee, 2003-05 (health facilities, equipment & products subcommittee, 2003-04; health insurance subcommittee, 2003-04; insurance subcommittee, 2004; long-term care subcommittee, 2003-05; minority health disparities subcommittee, 2005). Member, Environmental Matters Committee, 1999-2003 (environmental & natural resources subcommittee, 1999; agriculture, environment & natural resources subcommittee, 1999-2003; public utilities subcommittee, 1999-2003). Member, Maryland Rural Caucus, 2002-05; Taxpayers Protection Caucus, 2003-05. House Chair, Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus, 2003-05. Member, Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2005. Former member, National Conference of State Legislatures (health committee).

Member, Task Force on Quality of Care in Nursing Facilities, 1999; Bainbridge Development Advisory Board, 1999-2005; Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes, 2000-05; Statewide Water Conservation Advisory Committee, 2000-05; Task Force on Upgrading Sewerage Systems, 2001-02; Task Force to Study the Economic Development of the Maryland Seafood and Aquaculture Industries, 2002-04 (aquaculture industry work group). Chair, Task Force to Study Moving Overhead Utility Lines Underground, 2003.

Member, Public Service Commission, 2005-07. Administrative Law Judge, Office of Administrative Hearings, 2007-12.

Board of Education, Harford County, 1977-81 (president, 1979-81).

Member, City Council, City of Aberdeen, 1992-94. Mayor, City of Aberdeen, 1994-98. Born in Troy, New York, March 7, 1942. Attended Christian Brothers Academy, Albany, New York; Siena College, B.S. (economics), 1963; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1970. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1972. Attorney. Member, Maryland State and Harford County Bar Associations. Board of Directors, Ripken Museum, 1996-2021. Member, Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce. Outstanding Young Marylander finalist, Maryland Jaycees, 1979. National Walmart award for Outstanding Leadership as a Small City Mayor, 1997. Married; three children, five grandchildren. Died in Rock Hall, Maryland, May 23, 2021.

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