46/Maryland Manual

1987-1988 INTERIM SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEES

SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE ON INCOME TAX REFORM (1987,1988) Senate Chairperson: Laurence Levitan House Chairperson: Tyras S. Athey 841-3710 JUVENILE SERVICES INITIATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE (1987,1988) Co-Chairperson: Raymond E. Beck Co-Chairperson: William S. Home Staff: Douglas R. Nestor; Beverly Swaim-Staley; John S. Donaldson 841-3870, 841-3736 JOINT ADVISORT COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE DATA SYSTEMS (1988) Senate Chairperson: John A. Cade House Chairperson: William J. Burgess Staff: John W Rohrer 841-3761

SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE ON MED-EVAC PROGRAM (1987,1988) Senate Chairperson: Francis X. Kelly House Chairperson: John C. Astle 841-3710 SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (MEDICAID) (1988) Co-Chairperson: Catherine I. Riley Co-Chairperson: Charles J. Ryan Staff: E. Phillip Sayre; Linda Stahr 841-3710 SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE ON PENSIONS (1987,1988) Senate Chairperson: William H. Amoss House Chairperson: Richard N. Dixon Staff: John Rixey 841-3710 SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE STATE'S CAPITAL PROGRAM (1987,1988) Co-Chairperson: Charles H. Smelser Co-Chairperson: Timothy E Maloney Staff: Robbin S. Marks 841-3710

LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE F. Carvel Payne, Director Legislative Services Building 90 State Circle Annapolis, MD 21401 841-3865 The Department of Legislative Reference, as one of the two principal staffing agencies of the General Assembly, serves the needs of the legisla- ture and its committees and provides information to the public about the General Assembly and its activities. Originally created in 1906 to serve the Baltimore City Council (Chapter 565, Acts of 1906), the Department also began assisting the General As- sembly of Maryland in 1916 (Chapter 474, Acts of 1916). The State's portion of the Department was transferred in 1965 to the Legislative Branch (Chapter 453, Acts of 1965). In 1966, the Depart- ment severed any affiliation with the City of Balti- more and established permanent offices in Annapolis (Chapter 571, Acts of 1966). Historically, the principal functions of the De- partment have been to research and draft legislation for members of the General Assembly and to serve as a source for legislative bills, enactments, journals, documents, records, and the codifications of State and local laws.

The Department, however, has other important responsibilities that play an integral part in the work of the General Assembly. These include: providing professional legal and research staff support to leg- islative committees, subcommittees, task forces, and commissions; providing ongoing statutory revision services for the General Assembly; and maintaining an active program of research, planning, and spe- cialized information services for the General Assem- bly and its committees. The Department also reviews and analyzes regulations proposed by Ex- ecutive Branch agencies; provides legislative and general library resource materials and information services to members of the General Assembly and the public; and provides computerized services for legislative purposes, including the preparation of bills, laws, journals, and other documents, as well as automated searches of the law for information and research. The Department operates through the Office of the Director and five Divisions: Legislative, Statu- tory Revision, Research, Library and Information Services, and Computer Services. LEGISLATIVE DIVISION Michael I. Volk, Director 841-3849 William G. Somerville, Principal Analyst Bonnie A. Kirkland, Principal Analyst 841-3870