Interstate Cooperation

MARYLAND INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION
COMMISSION

Honorary Members:
J. Millard Tawes, Governor
William S. James, President of the Senate
A. Gordon Boone, Speaker of the House of Delegates

Governor's Committee:

Chairman: Lloyd L. Simpkins, Secretary of State
Thomas B. Finan, Attorney General
James G. Rennie, Director, Department of Budget and

Procurement

Saul I. Stern, Chairman, State Planning Commission
Hermus W. Lowe, House of Delegates

Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Cooperation:
Chairman: James A. Pine

John T. Parran, Jr., Harry R. Hughes, George E. Snyder,
Edward O. Weant, Jr., J. Frank Raley, Jr.

House Committee on Intergovernmental Cooperation:
Chairman: Maurice Cardin

Richard Grumbacher, W. Dale Hess, Martha I. Glotfelty,
W. Garrett Larrimore, E. Homer White, Jr.

311 City Hall, Baltimore 2 Telephone: 752-2000

The Maryland Intergovernmental Cooperation Commission, estab-
lished by Chapter 331, Acts of 1937, consists of three separate and
distinct committees, which act collectively as the Commission; in
addition there are three honorary, ex officio, nonvoting members. The
honorary members are the Governor, the President of the Senate, and
the Speaker of the House of Delegates. The three committees are (1)
The Governor's Committee, which consists of three ex officio members.
the Attorney General, the Director of the Department of Budget and
Procurement, and the Chairman of the Maryland State Planning Com-
mission; and two other administrative officials appointed by the Gov-
ernor; (2) The Senate Committee, and (3) The House Committee, both
of which are regular standing committees of the two branches of the
General Assembly.

It is the function of this Commission to carry forward the partici-
pation of the State as a member of the Council of State Governments.
It encourages and assists the legislative, executive, administrative, and
judicial officials and employees of Maryland to develop and maintain
friendly contact with officials and employees of the other States, of
the Federal government, and of local units of government. It formu-
lates proposals for, and works towards, the adoption of compacts,
uniform or reciprocal statutes and administrative rules; it promotes
the cooperation of government officials with one another; and in gen-
eral it works to bring the various governments in the United States
into closer contact and to develop the Council of State Governments
for this purpose. The Commission may establish delegations and com-
mittees to carry on its work and is required by the creating Act to
report to the Governor and to the Legislature within fifteen days after
the convening of each regular session and at other times deemed
appropriate (Code 1957, Art. 40, secs. 15-26).