WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 204

(b)     The Governor shall include an appropriation in an amount equivalent to the
unappropriated General Fund surplus as of June 30, 1994 as part of the budget submitted at
the 1995 Session of the General Assembly; and

(c)      The amount of appropriations required under subsections (a) and (b) of this
section shall be exclusive of and in addition to:

(1)     The amount required to be appropriated under § 7-311 of the State Finance
and Procurement Article as specified under the provisions of Section 1 of this Act; and

(2)     The amount required to be appropriated due to any unappropriated surplus
as of June 30, 1993.

SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, for fiscal year 1994,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, any savings resulting from legislative action in
the State budget that abolishes positions funded with special funds shall be transferred to
the General Fund as provided in the section of the Fiscal Year 1994 Budget Bill relating
to a schedule that abolishes a certain number of positions.

SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That, for fiscal year 1994,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, any savings attributable to the abolition of any
positions funded with special funds, as provided in the section of the Fiscal Year 1994 Budget
Bill relating to abolishing positions, shall be transferred to the General Fund of the State.

SECTION 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, for fiscal year 1991,
notwithstanding any other provision of law:

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the salary of any position
in the Executive Pay Plan established under Article 64A, § 27(a)(2) of the Code or §
6-102(b) of the State Personnel and Pensions Article may not be increased beyond the
amount in effect on June 30, 1993; provided, however, that if a position in the Executive
Pay Plan becomes vacant during fiscal year 1994, the salary with respect to recruitment
shall be established in accordance with the provisions of Article 64A, § 27(a)(2)(v) and
(vi) of the Code or §§ 6-104(c) and 6-108(c) of the State Personnel and Pensions Article,

(b) (1) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the salary of any
position that is not included in the standard pay plan for graded State employees and that
has a pay amount exceeding the highest step of the highest salary grade ($62,174) in the
standard pay plan established under Article 64A, § 27(a)(1) of the Code or § 6-101(a) of
the State Personnel and Pensions Article may not be increased beyond the amount in
effect on June 30, 1993; provided, however, that if any of these positions becomes vacant
during fiscal year 1994, the salary with respect to recruitment shall be established in
accordance with existing provisions of State law and the applicable pay plan or, if such
provisions do not exist for a position in the executive branch, shall be established only
after approval by the Board of Public Works;

(2) The positions subject to the provisions of this subsection include, but are
not limited to, any position in any unit of State government that has independent
pay setting authority, a nonclassified position having a flat rate or per diem pay, a
position in the physician administrator pay schedule, a position in an institution of higher
education as defined in § 10-201 of the Education Article, a position in the judicial

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