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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 91

CHAPTER 91
(House Bill 871)

AN ACT concerning

Corrective Bill - Public Works

FOR the purpose of correcting technical errors in the
laws relating to public works.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 78A — Public Works

Section 16B(b), 61(a), and 64 (a) and (c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1975 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 16B(b), 61(a), and 64(a) and (c)
of Article 78A — Public Works, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1975 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) be
and they are hereby repealed and reenacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

Article 78A - Public Works

16B.

(b) The approval of a new permanent job or position
by the Board of Public Works, under the provisions of
this section, is of temporary effect only. The action of
the Board in approving the new permanent job or position
shall be included in the report of the Secretary of
Budget and Fiscal Planning to the General Assembly as
required by § 71 (b-1) of Article 41 of the Code, [the]
THE report shall be made on the first day of the next
following regular session of the General Assembly. If
the General Assembly takes no contrary action, the action
of the Board of Public Works in approving the new
permanent job or position shall be deemed approved.
However, if the General Assembly in the proposed budget
for the next following fiscal year deletes the new
permanent job or position, the action of the Board of
Public Works in approving it is negated, and the new
permanent job or position is abolished as of the first
day of the next following fiscal year; or if the General
Assembly in the proposed budget for the next ensuing
fiscal year reduces the compensation of the new permanent
job or position, the job or position shall have the
reduced salary or compensation thus provided, effective
on the first day of the next following fiscal year.

61.

(a) Upon receiving notice of the time, date, and