MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 551

TO SUPERSEDE THE DEPARTMENT AND COMMISSION OF RESEARCH
AND EDUCATION.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Article 66C, section 18 of the Code. The
last portion is proposed for deletion as
obsolete due to passage of time. All
credits, liabilities and obligations
referred to in the statute have been used
and discharged. The only other changes
made are in style.

3-402. SUPERVISION, DIRECTION, AND CONTROL OF
INSTITUTE; DIRECTOR; ASSISTANTS AND EMPLOYEES.

THE NATURAL RESOURCES INSTITUTE SHALL BE UNDER
THE SUPERVISION, DIRECTION, AND CONTROL OF THE BOARD
OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND. THE BOARD
OF REGENTS SHALL APPOINT A DIRECTOR WHO HAS SPECIAL
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE IN INVESTIGATING PROBLEMS IN
THE FIELDS OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND EDUCATIONAL
MATTERS, AND IS A GRADUATE OF AN ACCREDITED COLLEGE.
ALSO, THE BOARD OF REGENTS SHALL APPOINT AN ASSISTANT
IN CHARGE OF EDUCATIONAL WORK WHO IS A GRADUATE OF AN
ACCREDITED COLLEGE AND HAS A BROAD KNOWLEDGE OF
CONSERVATION. THE BOARD OF REGENTS SHALL APPOINT THE
ASSISTANTS, BIOLOGISTS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES PROVIDED
IN THE BUDGET. ACADEMIC RANK AND FACULTY STATUS MAY
BE ASSIGNED TO THE DIRECTOR AND QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL
STAFF MEMBERS.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Article 66C, section 20 of the Code.
Certain provisions are proposed for
deletion as obsolete due to passage of
time. The acts required by these
provisions have been accomplished. The
only other changes made are in style.

3-403. FUNCTIONS; RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.

(A) THE NATURAL RESOURCES INSTITUTE SHALL HAVE
AND EXERCISE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND
COMMISSION OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. THE INSTITUTE
SHALL CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAM COVERING THE NONAGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY
NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE IN ORDER TO AID STATE
UNITS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THESE RESOURCES. IN
ADDITION, THE INSTITUTION SHALL: