BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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[190.

The Finance Department shall embrace three divisions,
namely, (1) the Division of Financial Review and Control,
(2) the Division of Deposit and Disbursement and (3) the
Board of Public Works. ]

[191.

The head of the Division of Financial Review and
Control shall be the Comptroller, who, in addition to the
rights, powers, duties, obligations and functions conferred
upon him by law as aforesaid, shall also have and exercise
supervision and direction over the officers and governmental
agencies herein mentioned and assigned to this Division.]

[193.

The Maryland Tax Court and State Department of
Assessments and Taxation constituted and organized as at
present shall be assigned to the Division of Financial
Review and Control, and, with respect to the State
Department of Assessments and Taxation as distinguished from
the Maryland Tax Court shall be under the supervision and
direction of the Comptroller, and shall have and exercise
all the rights, powers, duties, obligations and functions
conferred upon it by law.]

194.

(a) There shall be [in the Division of Financial
Review and Control] a Bureau of Revenue Estimates, which
shall be administered by a chief of the Bureau of Revenue
Estimates, under the supervision of the Comptroller. The
chief of the Bureau of Revenue Estimates, together with all
other employees and assistants of the Bureau, shall be
appointed by the Comptroller in accordance with the
provisions of Article 64A of the Annotated Code, and shall
receive such salary as is fixed in the budget. There shall
also be a Board of Revenue Estimates, composed of the
Treasurer, Comptroller and [Director of the Budget and
Procurement] SECRETARY OF BUDGET AND FISCAL PLANNING. The
chief of the Bureau of Revenue Estimates shall act as
executive secretary of the Board.

[195.

The head of the Division of Deposit and Disbursement
shall be the Treasurer, exercising, as aforesaid, the
rights, powers, duties, obligations and functions conferred
upon him by law.]

[196.

The Board of Public Works, composed of the Governor,
the Comptroller and the Treasurer, shall constitute the
third division of the Finance Department, and shall have and