COMMISSION TO REVISE THE
ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND

Chairperson: William S. James, State Treasurer

Vice-Chairpersons: Melvin A. Steinberg, President
of the Senate; Benjamin L. Cardin, Speaker of
the House of Delegates

Avery Aisenstark; Judith A. Armold; Dorothy A.
Beatty; P. Tyson Bennett; Bruce C. Bereano;
Allan B. Blumberg; Neal D. Borden; Lowell R.
Bowen; A. Gwynn Bowie, Jr.; Alice E. Brum-
baugh; William 0. Carr; Ward B. Coe, Jr.;
Edward S. Digges, Jr.; Carl E. Eastwick; M.
Albert Figinski; Judson P. Garrett, Jr.; Terry F.
Hall; Edward H. Hammond, Jr.; H. Thomas
Howell; Julian I. Jacobs; Gerald I. Langbaum;
Henry F. Leonnig; L. Paige Marvel; Frank B.
Olmsted; Thomas J. Peddicord, Jr.; Thomas E.
Plank; Leslie J. Polt; Walter A. Rafaiko; Roger
D. Redden; Zeiig Robinson; Emily M. Rody;
Robert A. Rombro; Edward F. Shea, Jr.; Wil-
liam A. Snyder; Shale D. Stiller; Jack C. Tran-
ter; Alan M. Wilner; James J. Winn, Jr.; Robert
L. Zouck. Terms expire 1985.

Geoffrey D. Cant, Executive Director and Revisor
of Statutes

90 State Circle
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 841-3771

The Governor appointed the Commission in
1970 to undertake the first reorganization and
recodification of the Annotated Code of Maryland
in almost 100 years. The Commission studies and
revises the Public General Laws of Maryland in
order to improve the organization, accessibility,
utility, and clarity of laws, and to eliminate
unconstitutional, obsolete, and inconsistent or con-
flicting statutes.

The Commission periodically submits proposals
and recommendations to the General Assembly.
To date, the General Assembly has enacted the
following revised articles proposed by the Commis-
sion: Agriculture, Commercial Law, Corporations
and Associations, Courts and Judicial Proceedings,
Education, Estates and Trusts, Family Law, Fi-
nancial Institutions, Health-Environmental,
Health-General, Health Occupations, Natural Re-
sources, Real Property, State Government, and
Transportation.

Staff services and support for the Commission
are provided by the Division of Statutory Revision
within the Department of Legislative Reference
(Code State Government Article, secs. 2-1318
through 2-1319).

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DEPARTMENT OF FISCAL SERVICES

William S. Ratchford II, Director

Robert E. Brady, Director, Division of Budget
Review

Joseph M. Coble, Director, Division of Fiscal
Research

Legislative Services Building

90 State Circle
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 841-3761

Charles C V\sm», T.pgislntivr Avifitar, Division of

Audits

Division of Audits
301 W. Preston Street
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-2512

The Department of Fiscal Services was estab-
lished by Chapter 456, Acts of 1968, succeeding
the Fiscal Research Bureau created by Chapter
605, Acts of 1947. It is the financial service arm of
the General Assembly and operates under the
policies and directives of the president of the
Senate and the speaker of the House of Delegates,
the Legislative Policy Committee, and the Joint
Budget and Audit Committee. The Department
provides staff services to the fiscal committees of
the Legislature and to any commissions or com-
mittees that the General Assembly or the Legisla-
tive Policy Committee may appoint to study
taxation or related questions.

The Department's duties also include the study
and review of the State's operating and capital
budgets during all phases of their development by
the Executive and adoption by the Legislature,
including an annual analysis submitted to the
General Assembly. It prepares fiscal notes on all
proposed legislation, an annual report on the fiscal
impact of each legislative session, and an annual
analysis of the State's bonded indebtedness. The
Department studies the operation, administration,
and effectiveness of State agencies and institutions,
as well as State and local financial matters and
fiscal interrelationships. It collects financial data
on local governments, publishes an annual report
on local governmental finances, and prepares eval-
uation reports required under the Regulatory Pro-
grams Evaluation Act of 1978. Finally, the
Department provides support services to the Gen-
eral Assembly through printing, bill distribution,
telecommunications, and the intern and page pro-
grams.