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be openly worked out in public.
In the area of fiscal management the General
Assembly will, through the post-audit authority the Conven-
tion specifically provided for, be able to provide an
extremely effective check. Moreover, the General Assembly
could assign by law to the Board of Public Works or some
other Board major decisions relating to budget execution,
and the creation of State debt. It would require that
this decision be made at public meetings where hearings are
held and minutes are kept.
Under the committee's recommendation, any such
board would be directly responsible to the Governor.
For the reasons stated, the Committee on the
Executive Branch respectfully submits that the Board of
Public Works should not be constitutionally created.
THE CHAIRMAN: Are there any questions of
the committee chairman for purposes of clarification?
(There was no response.)
THE CHAIRMAN: Apparently there are no question:..
The Chair calls on Delegate Dorsey.
DELEGATE DORSEY: Mr. President.