BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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included in the Budget without revision.

(12) The Governor may provide for public hearings on
all estimates and may require the attendance at such
hearings of representatives of all agencies, and for all
institutions applying for State moneys. After such public
hearings he may, in his discretion, revise all estimates
except those for the legislative and judiciary departments,
and for the public schools, as provided by law, AND EXCEPT
THAT HE MAY NOT REDUCE AN ESTIMATE FOR A PROGRAM BELOW A
LEVEL OF FUNDING PRESCRIBED BY A LAW WHICH WILL BE IN EFFECT
DURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THE BUDGET, AND WHICH WAS
ENACTED BEFORE JULY 1 OF THE FISCAL YEAR PRIOR THERETO.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
aforegoing section hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of Maryland, at the next general election to be
held in this State in November, 1978, shall be submitted to
the legal and qualified voters thereof for their adoption or
rejection in pursuance of directions contained in Article
XIV of the Constitution of this State. At that general
election, the vote on this proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot there
shall be printed the words "For the Constitutional
Amendments" and "Against the Constitutional Amendments," as
now provided by law. Immediately after the election, all
returns shall be made to the Governor of the vote for and
against the proposed amendment, as directed by Article XIV
of the Constitution, and further proceedings had in
accordance with Article XIV.

Approved May 29, 1978.

CHAPTER 972

(Senate Bill 507)

AN ACT concerning

Anne Arundel County - Right
of Prior Entry on Vacant Land

FOR the purpose of allowing upon approval of the Anne
Arundel County Council that land in Anne Arundel County
not improved with buildings and determined to be
necessary and in immediate need for public use, may,
after a certain finding, be taken by the County upon
payment to the owner or into court of an amount
determined by certain appraisers to be the property
value; requiring additional payment if awarded by a
jury; and submitting this amendment to the qualified
voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption or
rejection.