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or supplemental thereto, and in so doing to cooperate with local,
state and federal agencies, interested private and public organiza-
tions, and with individuals, so as to effectuate the purposes of that
enactment and any subsequent amendments thereto.

§ 2-102. Governor's responsibility for administration of highway
safety program.

The governor shall be the official of this State having the respon-
sibility for dealing with the federal government with respect to
programs and activities pursuant to the Federal Highway Safety Act
of 1966 and acts amendatory or supplemental thereto. To that end
he shall coordinate the activities of any and all departments and
agencies of this State and its subdivisions relating thereto.

§ 2-103. Governor's highway safety coordinator.

There is hereby created the office of governor's highway safety
coordinator. The powers and duties of the governor conferred by
this article may be delegated by him to the highway safety coordina-
tor, but responsibility for the highway safety program of this State
remains with the governor, as otherwise by law provided.

Part II—Highway Safety Coordinating Committee (NEW, 1968.)
§ 2-201. Committee established.

There is hereby established the Maryland Highway Safety Co-
ordinating Committee hereinafter referred to as the "committee."

§ 2-202. Membership.

(a)    The following State officers shall, ex officio, be members of
the committee:

1.  The governor, who shall be chairman of the committee.

2.  a. Chairman Director of the State Roads Commission.

b.    Superintendent of the Maryland State Police.

c.    Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.

d.    Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene.

e.    Superintendent of the State Department of Education.

f.    Governor's Highway Safety Co-ordinator.

g.    The Chairman of the Judicial Proceedings Committee of the
Maryland Senate.

h. The Chairman of the Motor Vehicles subcommittee of the Judi-
ciary Committee of the Maryland House of Delegates.

(b)    The governor may appoint such additional members as he
deems appropriate, which members shall serve at his pleasure.

(c)    Each member of the committee may, from time to time desig-
nate a person to serve temporarily as his alternate.

§ 2-203. Duties of committee.

The committee shall act as the central coordinating agency in
the planning and execution of highway safety programs. The com-