DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
REFERENCE

F. Carvel Payne, Director

Legislative Services Building
90 State Circle
Annapolis, MD 21401 (410) 841-3865

BUDGET (CODE 21.02.00.01)

FY1992 FY1993 FY1994
Funds (actual) (actual) (approp.)
General ...... $6,834,050 . . . $6,256,975..... $5,413,047
Total Funds . . . $6,834,050 . . . $6,256,975. .... $5,413,047

Staff

Authorized. ....... 111.5 ......... 108. .......... 108
Contractual (FTE)...................................
Total Staff .........................................

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY

PRESIDING OFFICERS

Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., Senate President
............................ (410)841-3700
Casper R. Taylor, Jr., House Speaker.. . (410) 841-3800

DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE

F. Carvel Payne, Director ........ (410) 841-3865

Special Services to Legislative Session (21.02.00.02)
FY1994 appropriation. ......... $846,543

LEGISLATIVE DIVISION

Michael I. Volk, ...... (410) 841-3848

COMMITTEE STAFFING & LEGAL REVIEW
Michael I. Volk .......... (410) 841-3848

LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING & STATUTORY
REVISION
William G. Somerville, Deputy Director
.................... (410)841-3870

CODE REVISION COMMITTEE
Alan M. Wilner, Chairperson
................ (410) 887-2678

Appointed by Senate President & House
Speaker. Avery Aisenstark; Lowell R.
Bowen; Franklin B. Olmsted; Roger D.
Redden; Shale D. Stiller.

ARTICLE 27 CODE REVISION
COMMITTEE
Joseph F. Murphy, Chairperson
Appointed by Code Revision
Committee: Gary E. Bair, Esq.; Gary
Bernstein, Esq.; F. Vernon Boozer;
Howard S. Chasanow; Joel
Chasnoff; Mark Colvin, Esq.; Daniel
M. Long; Timothy F. Maloney;
Kenneth H. Masters; Charles E.
Moylan, Jr.; Irma S. Raker; Norman
R. Stone, Jr.; Byron L. Warnken,
Esq.

ETHICS LAW CODE REVISION
COMMITTEE
Donald B. Robertson, Esq.,
Chairperson

Appointed by Code Revision
Committee: Jervis S. Finney; Judson
P. Garrett; Daniel M. Long; Nancy
Speck; William W. Wenner; Robert
A. Zarnoch.

INSURANCE ARTICLE REVIEW
COMMITTEE
Thomas G. Young III, Chairperson
Appointed by Code Revision
Committee: Jean Bienemann;
William M. Canby; M. Albert
Figinski; James W. Himes;
Christopher B. Kehoe; Evelyn W.
Pasquier; Peter Ward.

LIBRARY & INFORMATION SERVICES
DIVISION

Lynda C. Davis, Director ...... (410) 841-3810

RESEARCH DIVISION

Myron H. Miller, Director (410) 841-3875

COMPUTER SERVICES DIVISION

Michael C. Coffin, Director. . . . (410) 841-3787

The Department of Legislative Reference, as
one of the two principal staffing agencies of the
General Assembly, serves the legislature and its
committees and provides information to the public
about the General Assembly.
Originally created in 1906 to serve the Baltimore
City Council, the Department also began assisting
the General Assembly of Maryland in 1916 (Chap-
ter 565, Acts of 1906; Chapter 474, Acts of 1916).
The State's portion of the Department was trans-
ferred in 1965 to the Legislative Branch (Chapter
453, Acts of 1965). In 1966, the Department sev-
ered any affiliation with the City of Baltimore and
established permanent offices in Annapolis (Chap-
ter 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 provides professional legal and
research staff support to legislative committees, sub-
committees, task forces, and commissions; provides
ongoing statutory revision services for the General
Assembly; and conducts legal and legislative research
and offers specialized information services to the Gen-
eral Assembly and its committees. The Department
also reviews and analyzes regulations proposed by
Executive Branch agencies; provides legislative and
general library resource materials and information
services to the General Assembly and the public; and
provides computerized services for legislative pur-
poses, including the preparation of bills, laws, journals,
and other documents, as well as automated searches
of the law for information and research.