J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor 977
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That Section 32A of Article 25
of said Code (1965 Supplement), title "County Commissioners," sub-
title "County Codes," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:
32A.
Whenever the board of county commissioners or county council of
any county in this State publishes or issues in printed, mimeographed
or similar duplicated form a code or compilation containing all or a
portion of the public local laws, of the county, the board or council
shall deposit copies free of charge with the following State agencies:
Hall of Records Commission, one copy; State Library, one copy; State
Department of Legislative Reference, five copies.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That Section 9C of Article 64A
of said Code (1964 Replacement Volume and 1965 Supplement), title
"Merit System," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:
9C.
The positions of all librarians, research analysts, clerks, secre-
taries, stenographers, and similar occupations in the State Department
of Legislative Reference and the positions of all stenographers,
secretaries, clerks, and similar positions in the Fiscal Research
Bureau are part of the classified service, notwithstanding any provi-
sions in Section 3 of this article or elsewhere.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That Sections 140 to 152,
inclusive, of Article 41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957
Edition and 1965 Supplement), title "Governor—Executive and
Administrative Departments," subtitle "Department of Legislative
Reference," including any of those sections as amended in this Act,
shall be transferred to and recodified, in their present sequence, as
Sections 46 to 59, inclusive, of Article 40 of said Code, title "General
Assembly," subtitle "Department of Legislative Reference and Fiscal
Research Bureau." This transfer and recodification is without change
in the text of the several sections, other than as amended in this Act.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the legislative intent in
the enactment of this Act is to separate the organization and opera-
tion of the State Department of Legislative Reference, heretofore a
department of the State government, from the Department of Legis-
lative Reference which is a department of the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That all references to the
Department of Legislative Reference in the laws, ordinances, resolu-
tions, and regulations of this State, of any of the twenty-three
counties, of any municipal corporation in the State (not including
Baltimore City), or of any department, board, bureau, commission,
or other agency of the State, such a county, or such a municipality,
shall be construed and applied as a reference to the State Department
of Legislative Reference herein referred to, unless obviously meant
to apply to the Department of Legislative Reference which is a
department of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.
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