44'/Maryland Manual

The Office of Legislative Auditor, originally
created as the Office of the State Auditor by
Chapter 257, Acts of 1902, and Chapter 226, Acts
of 1929, is responsible by law for conducting post
audits of a compliance or performance nature of all
departments, agencies, and institutions of State
government, including the offices of clerks of court
and registers of wills. Upon direction by the
General Assembly or the Joint Budget and Audit
Committee, the Legislative Auditor may undertake
a management audit of a State agency or program
or an audit of a private organization that receives
State funds. The Office also reviews the audit
reports of all local governments and community
colleges (Code State Government Article, secs.
2-1201 through 2-1234).

GENERAL ASSEMBLY
COMPENSATION COMMISSION

Chairperson; George A. Nilson

Appointed by the Governor: Naomi C. Booker; L.
Russell Gobbel; Gene O'Brien; Diane E.
Weaver. Appointed by the President of the
Senate: Phyllis B. Brotman; John H. Mosner, Jr.
Appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Delegates: Charles Rush; John F. Shettle, Sr.
Terms expire 1986.

Staff contact: Nicholas B. Wilson

Department of Fiscal Services
90 State Circle
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 841-3761

The General Assembly Compensation Commis-
sion was created by Constitutional Amendment,
ratified November 3, 1970 (Chapter 576, Acts of
1970). The Commission determines the compensa-
tion and allowances due members of the General
Assembly. The legislature may reduce but not
increase the amounts proposed.

The Commission consists of nine members, five
appointed by the Governor, two appointed by the
president of the Senate, and two appointed by the
speaker of the House of Delegates. Members serve
four-year terms. Officers and employees of State or
local governmental units are not eligible for ap-
pointment to the Commission (Const. 1867, Art.
Ill, sec. 15).

STATE COMMISSION ON UNIFORM
STATE LAWS

Chairperson: M. Michael Cramer, 1987
K. King Burnett, 1987; M. King Hill, Jr., 1987

200-A Monroe St., Suite 220
Rockville 20850 Telephone: 424-0677

The General Assembly, by Chapter 264, Acts of
1896, established the Commissioners for the Pro-
motion of Uniformity of Legislation in the United
States. In 1984, the Commissioners were renamed
the State Commission on Uniform State Laws
(Code State Government Article, secs. 9-201
through 9-206).

Every four years the Governor appoints three
Commissioners who represent Maryland in the
National Conference of Commissioners on Uni-
form State Laws. The Commissioners serve on
committees that draft laws to be submitted to the
legislatures of the several states and recommend
measures for the promotion of uniform legislation.

DEFUNCT LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES

MARYLAND COMMISSION ON
INTERGOVERNMENTAL
COOPERATION

Reconstituted as the Joint Committee on Federal
Relations by Chapter 401, Acts of 1983.

LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS AND
ROSTER OF MEMBERS—1985

A Constitutional amendment (Chapter 363, Acts
of 1972) ratified by the people on November 7,
1972, divided the State of Maryland into 47
districts for the election of the 188 members of the
Senate and the House of Delegates. Each legisla-
tive district elects 1 senator and 3 delegates, for a
total of 47 senators and 141 delegates. Each district
may be divided into three delegate subdistricts or
one multi-member delegate subdistrict. Each dis-
trict must consist of adjoining territory, be com-
pact in form, and of equal population (Const. 1867,
Art. Ill, secs. 1-4). In districts that contain more
than two counties or parts of more than two
counties and where the delegates are elected at
large by the voters of the entire district, no county
or part of a county is allowed to have more than
one resident delegate.

Pursuant to Article III, section 5, of the Consti-
tution, the Governor presented his Legislative
Reapportionment Plan of 1982 to the General
Assembly on January 13, 1982, and it became law
on February 26, 1982 (House Joint Resolution 32,
Acts of 1982).

In the description of district boundaries, all
references to election districts, wards, and pre-