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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 583

the General Assembly the placement of all new programs,
departments, and other instrumentalities, within the
appropriate principal department, and he shall have the
authority to assign new units of the State government,
departments and programs to such departments at the time
of creation unless assigned by law. Nonstatutory units
of the State government and programs may be assigned to
the appropriate principal department by the Governor.
Any appropriated funds involved in a transfer or
assignment under the provisions of this section may be
transferred by approved budget amendment.

(B)    WHEN THE GOVERNOR DESIGNATES AN AGENCY AS AN
OFFICIAL STATE AGENCY IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN A
FEDERAL PROGRAM, HE SHALL ADVISE THE LEGISLATURE [[OF]]
AND FILE A COPY OF THE DESIGNATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR

OF THE DIVISION OF STATE DOCUMENTS, FOR PUBLICATION IN

THE MARYLAND REGISTER. THE DESIGNATION SHALL SPECIFY:

(1)    THE NAME OF THE STATE AGENCY SO
DESIGNATED; AND

(2)    THE NAME OF THE FEDERAL PROGRAM IN WHICH
TO BE PARTICIPATED.

(C)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this
article, the Governor may, when circumstances dictate,
establish task forces for programs which cut across
departmental lines. This shall be limited to programs
which require integration of services so as to achieve a
governmental program which cannot efficiently be
performed through simple cooperation between departments.
Such task forces may exist for not more than one year
unless their existence is specifically continued by the
Governor.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved May 17, 1976.

CHAPTER 584

(Senate Bill 500)

AN ACT concerning

Consumer Protection — Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies

FOR the purpose of regulating consumer credit reporting
agencies under the Commissioners of Consumer Credit;
providing for definitions and when consumer reports