1038                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND                               Ch. 394

WHERE CAMPAIGN FUND REPORTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE FILED
PURSUANT TO § 26—11. The chairman, treasurer, and other
principal officers shall all be registered voters of the
State of Maryland. The treasurer shall receive, keep,
and disburse all sums of money, or other valuable things,
which may be collected, received, or disbursed by the
committee or organization or by any of its members for
any purposes for which the committee or organization
exists or acts. Unless the chairman, treasurer, and
other officers are appointed and filed as required in
this subsection, it (shall be] IS unlawful and a
violation of this article for a State central committee,
partisan organization, or political committee, or any of
its members, to collect, or receive, or disburse money,
or other valuable things, for such purposes. A chairman
or treasurer of a committee or organization who resigns
shall do so [[in a writing]] ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE
STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS signed by him
and filed with the board or with the State Administrative
Board of Election Laws where the original appointment was
filed. A new appointment must be made and filed
[forthwith] IMMEDIATELY in accordance with this section.
[[IF A TREASURER OF A COMMITTEE RESIGNS, THE RESIGNATION
IS NOT EFFECTIVE AND A DISBURSEMENT MAY NOT BE MADE UNTIL
A NEW TREASURER IS APPOINTED AND FILED.]] The treasurer
AND CHAIRMAN shall [report contributions and expenditures
on the form prescribed in accordance with § 26—12 of this
article and in the manner required by] FILE CAMPAIGN FUND
REPORTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH subsection (b) of this section
and § 26-11 of this article.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect January 1, 1977.

Approved May 4, 1976.

CHAPTER 395

(House Bill 582)

AN ACT concerning

Health Standards — Meat and Poultry

FOR the purpose of specifying that definitions and
standards of identity and quality for certain meat
and poultry adopted by the State Department of
Agriculture are the standards of the State
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

BY adding to

Article 43 - Health
Section 188A(c)