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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 578

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR.

(F) NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION [[SHALL]]
MAY APPLY TO PRIVATE VENDORS WHO PROVIDE CARE TO FOUR
PERSONS OR LESS OR TO OUT OF STATE VENDORS. FOSTER
PARENTS WHO PROVIDE CARE FOR CHILDREN PLACED BY THE
SOCIAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED
VENDORS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION.

(G) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
EFFECTIVE ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY DO NOT CONFLICT
WITH ANY FEDERAL LAW, RULES OR REGULATIONS. ONLY THE
PROVISIONS THAT ARE OUT OF CONFORMITY WITH FEDERAL
REQUIREMENTS SHALL THEN BECOME INOPERATIVE.

[[(B) SELECTION OF THE AUDITORS SHALL BE MADE BY THE
SECRETARY, OR AGENCY HEAD, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE
LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR. THE AUDITS SHALL BE PERFORMED AT
THE INTERVALS AND IN THE MANNER APPROVED OR DETERMINED BY
THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR.

(C) THE COST OF MAKING THE AUDITS REQUIRED BY THIS
SECTION SHALL BE AN EXPENSE OF THE DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY
AND SHALL BE PROVIDED IN THE ANNUAL STATE BUDGET.

CD) COPIES OF EACH AUDIT REPORT SHALL BE PROVIDED
BY THE SECRETARY OR AGENCY HEAD TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND FISCAL PLANNING AND TO THE
LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR.]]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1975.

Approved May 15, 1975.

CHAPTER 579

(Senate Bill 319)

AN ACT concerning

Baltimore County — Financial Disclosure

FOR the purpose of including certain Baltimore County
officials within the purview of the Financial
Disclosure Act; and providing for removal of
members of the Board of Education for failure to
comply with the provisions of this Act.