26/Maryland Manual General Assembly

JOINT COMMITTEE ON MANAGE-
MENT OF PUBLIC FUNDS

Chairperson: John R. Hargreaves
Vice-Chairperson: Laurence Levitan
Members of the Senate: Rosalie S. Abrams

Members of the House of Delegates: Joseph A.
Chester, Sr., Oerard F. Deviin

"The Joint Committee on the Management of
Public Funds was created by Chapter 635, Acts
of 1973. The Committee consists of six members,
three from the Senate and three from the House
of Delegates, appointed by the President and the
Speaker. The chairperson and vice-chairperson are
designated by the President and Speaker jointly
and serve at their pleasure.

The functions of the Committee are to re-
view policies and procedures of the State
Treasurer regarding investment and manage-
ment of State funds in the Treasury, State
funds not in the Treasury (excluding retire-
ment system funds), and public funds by local
government.

The Committee reports annually to the General
Assembly (Code 1957, Art. 40, sees. 92-96).

MARYLAND COMMISSION ON IN-
TERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION

Chairperson: Lucille Maurer
Vice-Chairperson: John Carroll Byrnes

Members from the Senate: Tommie Broadwater,
Jr„ Julian L. Lapides.

Members from the House of Delegates: Thomas
B. Cumiskey, Walter R. Dean, Jr„ R. Clayton
Mitchell, Jr.

Ex officio members from the Senate: James dark,
Jr., President of the Senate; Rosalie S. Abrams,
Majority Floor Leader; Edward J. Mason, Mi-
nority Floor Leader.

Ex officio members from the House of Delegates:
Benjamin L. Cardin, Speaker of the House of
Delegates; Donald B. Robertson, Majority Floor
Leader; Raymond E. Beck, Minority Floor
Leader.

Burton R. Hoffman, President, Maryland Associa-
tion of Counties. Inc.

William E. Hanna, Jr„ Designee of the President,
Maryland Municipal League, Inc.

Advisory Committee: Thomas E. Schmidt, Secre-
tary, Department of Budget and Fiscal Planning;
vacancy. Executive Assistant to the Governor; va-
cancy, Assistant Attorney General; Carl T. Rich-
ards, Director, Maryland National Relations Of-
fice; Constance Lieder, Secretary, Department of
State Planning.

Staff: E. Phillip Sayre, Eileen M. Hutchinson

90 State Circle
P. 0. Box 231
Annapolis 21404 Telephone: 269-2811

The Maryland Commission on Intergovern-
mental Cooperation, originally created by Chap-
ter 331, Acts of 1937, had its membership recon-
stituted by Chapter 37, Acts of 1964, by Chapter
34, Acts of 1975, and by Chapter 281, Acts of
1976. The Commission consists of eighteen
members appointed by the President of the Sen-
ate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates.
Eight members are selected from the Senate and
eight from the House of Delegates. These
members include the President of the Senate, the
Speaker of the House of Delegates, and the ma-
jority and minority leaders of both Houses, all of
whom serve ex officio. Appointments to the
Commission are at the pleasure of the President
of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, who
also designate the chairperson and vice-
chairperson. Two members of the Commission
are the President of the Maryland Association of
Counties, Inc., and the President of the Maryland
Municipal League, Inc., or their designees.

The Advisory Committee consists of five
members, two of whom are appointed by the
Governor. The other members are the Secretary
of Budget and Fiscal Planning or an alternate,
the Secretary of State Planning or an alternate,
and the Attorney General or an alternate.

It is the function of this Commission to carry
further the involvement of the State of Mary-
land as a member of The Council of State
Governments. The Commission participates in ac-
tivities of the National Conference of State
Legislatures and the Southern Legislative Confer-
ence of The Council of State Governments. It
encourages the cooperative exchange of informa-
tion and research with officials and employees of
other states, the federal government, and local
units of government. It fosters and maintains
contacts and liaison with agencies and
representatives of the federal government concern-