1216                               Laws of Maryland                          Ch. 527

The head of the Department of Economic and Community Develop-
ment shall be the Secretary of Economic and Community Develop-
ment, who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and
consent of the Senate.

(b)    The Secretary of Economic and Community Development
shall receive such salary as provided in the State Budget. The Sec-
retary shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor, shall be directly
responsible to the Governor and shall counsel and advise him on all
matters assigned to the Department of Economic and Community
Development, and he shall be responsible for carrying out the Gover-
nor's policies with respect to such matters.

(c)    The Secretary of Economic and Community Development
shall be responsible for the operation of the Department of Economic
and Community Development, and shall establish guidelines and
procedures to promote the orderly and efficient administration
thereof. He may establish areas of responsibility within his office
and may reorganize or abolish the same as necessary to fulfill effec-
tively the duties assigned to him.

257B.

(a)    The Secretary of Economic and Community Development
shall appoint, with the approval of the Governor, a Deputy Secretary
who shall have duties as are provided by law or delegated by the
Secretary. The Deputy Secretary shall serve at the pleasure of the
Secretary and shall receive such compensation as is provided in the
State Budget.

(b)    The Secretary of Economic and Community Development
shall also have attached to his office such assistants, professional
consultants and employees as are provided for in the State Budget.
He may establish areas of responsibility within his office and desig-
nate assistants to be in charge of such areas. All staff assistant in
the Secretary's office in charge of particular areas of responsibility,
and all professional consultants shall serve at the pleasure of the
Secretary. All other employees of the Secretary's office, unless other-
wise provided by law, shall be appointed and removed by the Secre-
tary in accordance with the provisions of Article 64A of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland.

(c)    The appointment or removal of personnel by an adminis-
tration, board, commission, division, or other agency within the jur-
isdiction of the Department of Economic and Community Develop-
ment shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary; however the
Secretary is authorized to delegate this power of approval to the
heads or governing bodies of the boards, commissions, divisions or
other agencies within the jurisdiction of the Department of Eco-
nomic and Community Development.

257C.

The Attorney General shall be the legal adviser to the Department
of Economic and Community Development. He shall assign to the
Department such number of Assistant Attorneys General as are
now authorized by law to be assigned to the various departments,
agencies, boards, commissions, councils, or units which are, or may
hereafter by law be deemed to be, part of the Department of Eco-