Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1249

SEC. 17 13. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED BY THE GEN-
ERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, THAT CHAPTER 553 OF
THE LAWS OF MARYLAND 1969, BE AND IT IS HEREBY RE-
PEALED.

Sec. 18 14. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 13A (a) (K) of Article 66C of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition, 1967 Replacement Volume), title
"Natural Resources," subtitle "Department of Chesapeake Bay Af-
fairs," be repealed and re-enacted, with amendments BE AND IT IS
HEREBY REPEALED, and that new Section 257-I be added to
Article 41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition,
1965 Replacement Volume), title "Governor—Executive and Ad-
ministrative Department," subtitle "Department of Economic and
Community Development," to follow immediately after Section 257H
thereof, all to read as follows:

13A.

(a) That Department Shall have the following additional
powers:

[(k) To establish within the Department a market development
section to promote optimal utilization of the State's seafood re-
sources.]

257-I.

There shall be established and continued a Seafood Marketing
Authority and a Division of Market Development as the same Sea-
food Marketing Authority and Division of Market Development of
the Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs hitherto existing. The
Seafood Marketing Authority and Division of Market Development
shall be part of the Department of Economic and Community De-
velopment. Said Seafood Marketing Authority and Division of
Market Development shall have the powers, duties, responsibilities,
and functions provided in the laws of this State for the establish-
ment in the Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs for a Market
Development Section. All references in this Code, in any other
laws of this State, or in ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations,
legal actions, directives or documents to the Market Development
Section of the Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs shall be
deemed to mean the Seafood Marketing Authority and the Division
of Market Development. From and after September 1, 1970, all
rights, powers, duties, obligations and functions, heretofore con-
ferred upon or exercised by the Seafood Marketing Authority and/
or the Division of Market Development of the Department of
Chesapeake Bay Affairs shall be transferred to and exercised by the
Seafood Marketing Authority and Division of Market Development
of the Department of Economic and Community Development and
subject to the authority of the Secretary of Economic and Com-
munity Development as set forth in this Code. All persons who are,
as of August 31, 1970, employees of the Seafood Marketing Au-
thority and/or the Division of Market Development of the Depart-
ment of Chesapeake Bay Affairs shall be transferred to the Seafood
Marketing Authority and Division of Market Development of the
Department of Economic and Community Development in the same
position and classification which they hold as of August 31, 1970;