HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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benefit annually and for the purposes of this subparagraph
may allow the subtraction to the nearest $100. The allowed
subtraction shall be reduced by the amount of disability
benefits received under the Social Security Act, the
Railroad Retirement Act, or both, as the case may be.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1979.

Approved May 29, 1979,

CHAPTER 595

(House Bill 941)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Energy Policy Office

FOR the purpose of codifying the duties of the Maryland
Energy Policy Office; locating the office within the
Department of Natural Resources, Energy and Coastal
Zone Administration; establishing the duties and
responsibilities of the office; and generally relating
to the Maryland Energy Policy Office.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article — Natural Resources
Section 1-102 (a) (8)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1978 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article — Natural Resources

Section 11—101 and 11—102 to be under the new title

"Title 11. Energy Policy Office"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article — Natural Resources

1-102.

(a) The following units are included within the
Department: