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MARYLAND MANUAL 311 STATE DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE Carl N. Everstine, Director 16 Francis Street, P. O. Box 348, Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 263-2321 The State Department of Legislative Reference was originally created by Chapter 666, Acts of 1906 to serve the City of Baltimore. The scope of the Department was enlarged so that it would also serve the State by Chapter 474, Acts of 1916. By Chapter 463, Acts of 1966, the State's portion of the Department was transferred to the Legislative Branch. The present Department dates its present organization from Chapter 671, Acts of 1966, which separated this Department of the State government from the Department of the same name in Baltimore City. The Department collects, compiles, and indexes information on all questions of proposed legislation. It investigates and reports on the laws of Maryland and other states at the request of the Governor, any committee or member of the General Assembly, or any State agency. At the request of a member of the General Assembly, the Department prepares or aids in the drafting of any law or resolution. During sessions of the General Assembly, the Department maintains offices in the State House at Annapolis. Each department of the State gov- ernment must transmit to the Department of Legislative Reference at least two copies of each of its reports, which are used for exchange and reference purposes. The Department keeps a complete index and a complete file on all bills introduced in the General Assembly from 1918 to the present. It also keeps copies of the codes and laws of other states, and it maintains a library of books, pamphlets, reports, periodicals, and clippings on matters of current public and political interest (Code 1967, 1966 Repl. Vol., 1968 Supp., Art. 40, sees. 48-63). Appropriations 1969 1970 General Funds ............................................... $123,449 $130,262 Staff: 7. DEPARTMENT OF FISCAL SERVICES Paul D. Cooper, Director Kenneth N. Bragg, Director, Division of Budget Review Pierce J. Lambdin, Legislative Auditor William S. Ratchford II, Director, Division of Fiscal Research Divisions of Administration, Budget Review, and Fiscal Research: Treasury Building, P. O. Box 231, Annapolis 21404 Telephone; 268-3371 Division of Audits: 301 W. Preston Street, Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-3010 The Department of Fiscal Services was established by Chapter 466, Acts of 1968, succeeding the Fiscal Research Bureau created by Chapter 606, Acts of 1947. It is the financial service arm of the General Assembly and operates under the direct supervision of a standing committee of that body, the Joint Budget and Audit Com- mittee. The Department provides staff services to any commissions or committees that the General Assembly or the Legislative Council may appoint to study taxation or related questions. The Department's duties also include the study and review of the State budget during all stages of its proposal and consideration, including a report to the General Assembly; the preparation of esti- mates of the fiscal implications of proposed bills; the study of the operation, administration, personnel, and physical plant of all State |
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