Marvin Mandel, Governor                         839

authorized by law to be assigned to the various Departments, Agen-
cies, Boards, Commissions, Councils, or Units which are herein,
or may hereafter by law be deemed to be part of the Department of
Licensing and Regulation; and he shall also assign to the Department
such additional number of Assistant Attorneys General as may here-
after be authorized by law for such Department. One of the said
Assistant Attorneys General shall be designated by the Attorney
General as Counsel to the Department of Licensing and Regulation.
The Counsel to the Department shall have no duty other than to
render, subject to the discretion and control of the Attorney Gen-
eral, such legal aid, advice and counsel as the Secretary and the other
officials of said Department may require, and the supervision of the
other Assistant Attorneys General assigned to the Department. After
the Attorney General has designated an Assistant Attorney General
to serve as Counsel to the Department he shall not reassign said
Counsel without consultation with the Secretary. The Counsel to
the Department of Licensing and Regulation and the other Assistant
Attorneys General so employed, shall each perform such legal duties
for the Department as the Attorney General may from time to
time assign to them; and the Attorney General is hereby authorized
to assign to them, and each of them, the performance subject to his
discretion and control of any of the duties with respect to said
Department required of him by law. All such Assistant Attorneys
General shall be practicing lawyers of the State of Maryland, in
good standing, and they shall receive such compensation as shall be
provided in the State Budget. This subsection shall not apply with
respect to any agencies or units of Government within the Depart-
ment of Licensing and Regulation to the extent that such agencies
or units are authorized by law to employ their own legal advisors
or counsel.

(e) Wherever it is provided by law that an appointment to a
particular office within the Department of Licensing and Regulation
is to be made by the Secretary with the approval of the Governor,
and the appointee is to serve at the pleasure of the Secretary, the
Secretary shall not remove the appointee without first obtaining ap-
proval of the Governor.

221C.

(a) The Secretary of Licensing and Regulation shall be respon-
sible for the budget of his office and for the budgets of the other
divisions, boards, commissions, offices and agencies within the juris-
diction of the Department of Licensing and Regulation.

(b) The Secretary of Licencing and Regulation shall be respon-
sible for promulgating rules and regulations for his office. He shall
review and shall have the power to approve, disapprove or revise
the rules and regulations of all of the divisions, boards, commis-
sions, offices, and other agencies within the jurisdiction of the De-
partment of Licensing and Regulation. NO SUCH RULE OR REG-
ULATION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL APPROVED BY THE
SECRETARY, except for any rules and regulations issued pursuant
to the provisions of Article 78 of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

[(B) THE SECRETARY OF LICENSING AND REGULATION
SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROMULGATING RULES AND
REGULATIONS FOR HIS OFFICE. HE SHALL REVIEW AND
SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE OR