Marvin Mandel, Governor                       1177

immediately after Section 364 thereof, and to be under the new
subtitle "32A Volunteers in Action MARYLAND SERVICE
CORPS," to create the Volunteers in Action Program MARY-
LAND SERVICE CORPS, to provide for its powers and duties,
and generally relating to the Volunteers in Action Program
MARYLAND SERVICE CORPS.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Sections 364A through 364E be and they are hereby added
to Article 41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement
Volume), title "Governor—Executive and Administrative Depart-
ments," to follow immediately after Section 364 thereof, and to be
under the new subtitle "32A Volunteers in Action MARYLAND
SERVICE CORPS," and to read as follows:

32A

Volunteers in Action MARYLAND SERVICE CORPS
364A.

(a)    The Volunteers in Action Program MARYLAND SERV-
ICE CORPS is hereby created for the purpose of encouraging and
developing a program of full and part-time vountary, A MINIMUM
OF FIFTEEN (15) HOURS PER WEEK, public service which
would involve citizens of all ages throughout the State of Maryland
in meeting the critical human needs of indigent residents, the needs
of children, the elderly and the mentally and physically disabled,
and in meeting such other needs as the Advisory Council to the
program shall identify.

(b)    No project shall be undertaken under the auspices of the
Volunteers in Action Program MARYLAND SERVICE CORPS if
such project shall replace regular workers or duplicate or replace
an existing service in the same locality.

(c)    No person may participate in any partisan political activity
while engaged in the performance of his duties under the Program
CORPS, and the provisions of this subtitle shall be effective only to
the extent that they do not conflict with any federal or state laws or
regulations relating to participation in partisan political activities.

364B.

(a)    The Volunteers in Action Program MARYLAND SERV-
ICE CORPS shall be part of the State Department of Employment
and Social Services. The Secretary of Employment and Social Serv-
ices, with the approval of the Governor, shall appoint an Admin-
istrator of the Program CORPS who shall be chief administrative
and executive officer thereof. The administrator shall not be subject
to the provisions of Article 64A of this Code, and he shall receive
such salary as is provided in the budget from time to time.

(b)    The exercise of all authority, duties, and functions vested
in the Volunteers in Action Program MARYLAND SERVICE
CORPS or the Administrator thereof by the provisions of this sub-
title or by any other laws of this State shall be subject to the au-
thority of the Secretary of Employment and Social Services.