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necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
health and safety and having been passed by a yea and nay
vote supported by three—fifths of all the members elected
to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 4, 1976.

CHAPTER 350

(Senate Bill 1017)

AN ACT concerning

General Assembly — Right to Audit

FOR the purpose of [[allowing the General Assembly or any
of its several committees to audit certain
organizations who receive State funds for certain

projects]] authorizing the Joint Budget and Audit

Committee of the General Assembly to direct the

Division of Audits to undertake an examination of

the accounts and records of certain organizations
receiving State funds.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 40 — General Assembly

Section 61B(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 61B(a) of Article 40 - General
Assembly, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971
Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 40 — General Assembly

61B.

(a) (1) The Division of Audits, at least every
two years, shall examine and report on the books and
accounts of every department, board, bureau, commission,
or other agency of the State government, under the
general direction of the joint committee on budget and
audit. From time to time, as required by the joint
committee, the Division shall ascertain or verify matters
of information or procedure concerning these several
agencies.

[[(2) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OR ANY OF ITS