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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 477

(C) THE COMPTROLLER SHALL DISBURSE PROVIDE FUNDS EACH

YEAR TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL

SERVICES THE AMOUNT OF $102,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING

A PROGRAM OF GRATUITOUS MEALS FOR FULL-TIME -----EMPLOYEES WHO

WORK WITHIN THE FACILITIES CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES.

[(C)] (D) Comptroller—shall pay all amounts not
required for the payment of salaries and expenses and

provisions for refunds in accordance with subsections (a),

[and] (b), AND (C) of this section, into the general funds

of the State.

Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments

684.

(a) The Department may appoint such officers and
employees as necessary from time to time [to an] FOR THE
efficient and effective operation of the Department and of
the several institutions and agencies therein as may be
provided for in the budget from time to time, at such
compensation and with such remuneration for traveling and
other expenses incident to their duties as may be provided

in the budget from time to time, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

SERVING 40 HOURS OR MORE PER WEEK IN A DEPARTMENT
INSTITUTION SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ONE FREE MEAL PER SHIFT AS
MAY BE PROVIDED FOR IN THE BUDGET FROM TIME TO TIME.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 19 79.

Approved May 29, 1979.

CHAPTER 478

(Senate Bill 696)

AN ACT concerning

Education Article - Corrections — Handicapped

Children and Corrections

FOR the purpose of correcting a reference to Baltimore City
in a certain provision of the Education Article;
altering the year in which the State Superintendent of
Schools must permit a child to remain in a day—care
center which was previously funded by the Mental
Retardation Administration; correcting the name of the
body that appoints advisory councils to medical
training centers; deleting obsolete and misleading
references; and clarifying language.