State Agencies
members must be of the same political party
as the Governor, while two members represent
the party that received the second greatest
number of votes in the most recent guberna-
torial election. The Bo^rd selects its own
officers.
The Governor also appoints the State Ad-
ministrator of Election Laws for a six-year
term.
The Board assumed all powers and duties
formerly vested in the Secretary of State with
regard to elections. It adopts rules and
regulations to assist the local Boards of Su-
pervisors of Elections with respect to
elections, voting, and voter registration. The
Board maintains election records and makes
annual reports to the General Assembly (Code
1957, Art. 33, sees. IA-I, 18-1, 18-2).
EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT REVIEW
BOARD
Chairperson: Matthew L. Tayback, Sc.D.
Ex officio members: Donald Potter, State Depart-
ment of Personnel; Benjamin D. White, M.D.,
State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Appointed members: Stanley J. Frank, 1979;
Howard E. Marshall, 1979; Gladys Sprinkle,
1979; James Truitt, 1979
301 West Preston Street
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-5064
The Employees Retirement Review Board was
created by Chapter 720, Acts of 1974, to hear
appeals by individual State employees who de-
sire to continue their employment after the man-
datory retirement age of seventy has been
reached and their application for continuation
has been denied by their agency. The Board
consists of seven members consisting of the Sec-
retary of Personnel or his designee, the Director
of Aging, a physician designated by the State
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and
four members appointed by the Governor for
four-year terms. The Board selects its own
Chairperson (Code 1957, Art. 73B, sees. 11(1)
to 11(2)).
MARYLAND STATE EMPLOYEES
SURETY BOND COMMITTEE
William S. James, State Treasurer; Louis L.
Goldstein, Comptroller of the Treasury; Stephen
H. Sachs, Attorney General of Maryland.

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This Committee was created by Chapter 702,
Acts of 1967. It consists of the State Treasurer,
the Comptroller ofthe Treasury, and the Attorney
General of Maryland or their designated
representatives. Its duty is to set the type and the
amount of the bonds of all State officers and
employees who are required to be bonded. All
others are to be bonded with the type, the
amount, and the term to be determined by the
Committee. The Comptroller of the Treasury is to
keep a record of the bond, giving the name of the
officers or the employee for whom the bond is is-
sued, the name of the agency in which the person
bonded is employed, the name of the agencies
covered, the name of the company issuing the
bond, its amount, date, time of expiration, and
certificates of renewal (Code 1957, Art. 78A, sees.
46-50).
FAIR CAMPAIGN FINANCING COM-
MISSION
Chairperson: William B, Dulany
Vice Chairperson: Grace Orlansky
Mary Catherine Bell, Curt H. C. Heinfelden,
Walter J. Kirby, Ethel Rich, Cleveland Chand-
ler, Edward R. Lamon, Herman K.. Intemann.
Willard A. Morris, State Administrator of Election
Laws
State Administrative Board of Election Laws
210 Main Street
Annapolis 21404 Telephone: 269-3711
The Fair Campaign Financing Commission was
created by Chapter 729, Acts of 1974, to estab-
lish campaign expenditure limits for certain can-
didates and to provide for the public financing of
election campaigns. The Commission consists of
nine members appointed for five-year terms. Two
members representing the majority and minority
political parties are appointed by the Governor.
One member is appointed by the President of the
Senate, one by the Speaker of the House of
Delegates, and one by the Chief Judge of the
Court of Appeals. The Governor appoints the
four remaining members trom the general public.
Two of these members must represent minority
groups in Maryland. The Administrator of the
State Administrative Board of Election Laws or
his designee serves as an advisor to the Commis-
sion. The Commission selects its own officers
i (Code 1957, Art. 33, sees. 30-1 to 30-10; Art. 81,
sees. 465-467).