appointed by the Governor in 1970, undertook
the first reorganization and recodification of the
Code since 1888. The Commission was charged to
study and revise the Annotated Code in order to
improve the organization, accessibility, utility,
and clarity of laws, and to eliminate unconstitu-
tional, obsolete, and inconsistent or conflicting
statutes.

The Commission produced the following sixteen
Articles enacted by the General Assembly: Agri-
culture, Commercial Law, Corporations and As-
sociations, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, Edu-
cation, Estates and Trusts, Family Law, Financial
Institutions, Health—Environmental,
Health—General, Health Occupations, Natural
Resources, Real Property, State Government,
Tax—Property, and Transportation.

In 1985, the Legislative Policy Committee voted
to continue the work of the Commission under a
reorganized system of small committees with
oversight from the Legislative Policy Committee
and continuing review by the General Assembly.
Organized to revise the Annotated Code, the com-
mittee system includes the Article Selection Com-
mittee and individual Article committees: Busi-
ness Occupations Article Committee,
Procurement Revision Committee, and
Tax—General Article Committee.

ARTICLE SELECTION COMMITTEE

Chairperson: William H. Adkins II
Avery Aisenstark; Lowell R. Bowen; Franklin B.
Olmsted; Roger D. Redden; Alan M. Wilner.

Telephone: 974-2495

Appointed by the Governor, the Article Selec-
tion Committee provides advice on the selection
of proposed Articles and Article committees.

BUSINESS OCCUPATIONS ARTICLE
COMMITTEE

Chairperson: Lowell R. Bowen
A. Gwynn Bowie, Jr.; Edward S. Digges, Jr.;
Terry F. Hall; Leslie J. Polt; William A. Snyder.

The Business Occupations Article Committee
was appointed by the President of the Senate and
the Speaker of the House of Delegates. The Com-
mittee reviews and guides production of the Busi-
ness Occupations Article.

PROCUREMENT REVISION COMMITTEE

Chairperson: Alan M. Wilner
Lewis J. Baker; Allan B. Blumberg; Judson P.
Gan-ett, Jr.; William S. James.

Appointed by the President of the Senate and
the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the Pro-
curement Revision Committee reviews and guides
the revision of the procurement laws of the State
Finance and Procurement Article.

TAX—GENERAL ARTICLE COMMITTEE

Chairperson: Shale D. Stiller
Alice Brumbaugh; Gerald Langbaum; L. Paige
Marvel; Roger D. Redden; Zeiig Robinson;
Robert A. Rombro; Edward F. Shea, Jr.; James J.
Winn; Robert L. Zouck.

The Tax—General Article Committee was ap-
pointed by the President of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House of Delegates. The commit-
tee reviews and guides production of the
Tax—General Article.

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION
SERVICES DIVISION

Lynda C. Davis, Director
Telephones: Baltimore area 841-3810
TDD for Deaf: 841-3814

Washington area 858-3810
TDD for Deaf: 858-3814

Other areas 1-8(XM92-7122
ext. 3810

The Library and Information Services Division
provides reference and legislative information
services to committees, members, and staff of the
General Assembly, and the public as well.

The Library collection of 55,000 volumes con-
sists of Maryland laws and related legislative and
legal materials, laws and publications of the other
states, federal documents, and general reference
materials. Reference materials do not circulate ex-
cept to General Assembly members, their staff,
and State agency personnel.

Bill status and other legislative information is
provided by the Library and its Information
Desks. Through the Library, the Department
serves as an official depository for the publications
of Maryland State agencies and for all local codes
published by county and municipal governments
(Code 1957, Art. 25, sec. 32A; Art. 25A, sec. 7;
Art. 25B, sec. 7, 12; State Government Article,
sec. 2-1312; Education Article, sec. 23-2A-01).
Maryland Documents, a list of State agency publi-
cations, is published monthly.