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the substitute, I should say.
DELEGATE SHERBOW: Mr.Chairman, and members of
the committee, nearly everything that I would want to say
on this subject has been pretty well said within the
explanation. This is a matter of constitutional dimension
because it is a mandate to the General Assembly to carry
out this requirement that there should be post-audit
by this coordinate branch of the government, namely, the
General Assembly.
It fixes the responsibility, it focuses it where
it belongs, and at the same time it only gives the general
requirements and leaves the rest to statutory language,
to the General Assembly for ultimate passage. We believe
that this is something that is long overdue and should be
a part of the governmental processes of our state.
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair recognizes Delegate
Koger.
DELEGATE KOGER: Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentle-
men, our new state Constitution shall remain silent on
many issues discussed at this Convention. Yet, no single
act in Maryland's fiscal process, like the budget, is of |
