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ments shall be at the pleasure of the Legislative Council. The Council
also shall appoint a chairman and a vice-chairman of the Commission
to serve at the pleasure of the Council.

20.

It shall be the function of this Commission:

[(l)] (a) To carry forward the participation of this State as a
member of the Council of State Governments[.] , and from time to
time to appoint the Maryland representative on the governing body of
the Council of State Governments.

[(2)] (b) To encourage and assist the legislative, executive, ad-
ministrative and judicial officials and employees of this State to
develop and maintain friendly contact by correspondence, by con-
ference, and otherwise, with officials and employees of the other
states, of the federal government, and of local units of government.

(c) To foster, support, and maintain contacts and liaison with
agencies and representatives of the Federal government, concerning
Federal programs and activities, and to circulate information and
data thus obtained among the several agencies of the State and of its
political subdivisions; and for these purposes, the Commission may
set up and maintain offices and staff personnel as necessary and as
provided in the budget from time to time.

[(3)] (d) To endeavor to advance cooperation between this State
and other units of government whenever it seems advisable to do so
by formulating proposals for, and by facilitating:

[(a)] (1) The adoption of compacts,

[(b)] (2) The enactment of uniform or reciprocal statutes,

[(c)] (3) The adoption of uniform or reciprocal administrative
rules or regulations,

[(d)] (4) The informal cooperation of governmental offices with
one another,

[(e)] (5) The personal cooperation of governmental officials and
employees with one another, individually,

[(f)] (6) The interchange and clearance of research and informa-
tion, and

[(g)] (7) Any other suitable process.

[(4)] (e) In short, to do all such acts as will, in the opinion of
this Commission, enable this State to do its part—or more than its
part—in forming a more perfect union among the various govern-
ments in the United States and in developing the Council of State
Governments for this purpose.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public health and safety and having been passed by a
yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected
to each of the two houses of the General Assembly, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 9, 1969.