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government and other agencies, public and private, as
they affect or concern budgetary matters of this State.
It shall study and evaluate the programs and activities
of each department, board, bureau, commission, or other
agency of the State, in relation to its actual or
proposed expenditures of public monies. It shall (1)
review in detail the matters to appear in the budget
prior to the convening of each regular session of the
General Assembly and be prepared to report to the members
of the General Assembly each agency's justification for
each item or program appearing in the budget; (2) call
attention to proposed new services or functions appearing
in the budget; (3) point out items in the budget which
previously have been denied by the General Assembly; (4)
conduct organizational and management improvement studies
consistent with responsibilities assigned to the joint
budget and audit committee; (5) propose statutory changes
to effect operational economies or effective
administration; (6) prepare, after each session of the
General Assembly, a summary of the effect of the
legislative program on the financial condition of the
State; (7) study, in conjunction or by agreement with the
Division of Fiscal Research, financial and other problems
and matters of the State government; and (8) generally
review and study all State problems and matters, whether
or not of direct budgetary concern, which relate to the
operation of the State government and its efficient and
effective operation[. The Division also shall give
such]; (9) study, [and] review, [to,] and shall analyze,
evaluate, and test, the requests and proposals of all
State agencies for inclusion in the capital expense
budget and [to all] requests for capital improvements to
be financed by the State; AND (10) REPORT ON THE PUBLIC
DEBT OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND INCLUDING THE EFFECT OF
ADDITIONAL DEBT AUTHORIZATIONS AND ISSUES ON STATE
FINANCES.

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

Approved March 16, 1976.

CHAPTER 4
(Senate Bill 306)

AN ACT concerning

Corrective Bill — Aviation

FOR the purpose of correcting a technical error in the
laws relating to aviation.