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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 481

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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative

Departments

487.

(a) If any board made subject by this subtitle to
termination and evaluation is subsequently reestablished by
statute, such reestablishment is for a period of six years,
at which time the board is again terminated and made subject
to evaluation pursuant to this subtitle, unless the
reestablishing statute specifically provides otherwise.

(B) BEFORE JUNE 1 OF THE YEAR PRECEDING THE EVALUATION
DATE OF A BOARD UNDER § 486 OF THIS SUBTITLE, A LEGISLATIVE
EVALUATION COMMITTEE SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF
THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, OR JOINTLY BY THE
PRESIDENT AND THE SPEAKER.

[(b)] (C) Before July 1 of the year preceding the
evaluation date of a board under Section 486 of this
subtitle, [a Senate committee designated by the President or
a House committee designated by the Speaker] THE LEGISLATIVE
EVALUATION COMMITTEE APPOINTED UNDER SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS
SECTION shall prepare a plan for the evaluation of the board
after consultation with the board, the Department of Budget
and Fiscal Planning, and the Department of Fiscal Services.
An evaluation plan must provide for periodic consultation
between the Department of Budget and Fiscal Planning, the
Department of Fiscal Services, and the relevant legislative
committees.

[(c)] (D) Before November [15] 1 of the year preceding
the evaluation date of a board under Section 486 of this
subtitle, the Department of Fiscal Services shall prepare an
evaluation report based on the evaluation plan adopted
pursuant to subsection [(b)] (C). The Department shall
submit the report to the General Assembly and make copies
available to interested parties and members of the public.

[(d)] (E) [The] TO THE EXTENT APPROPRIATE TO THE
EVALUATION OF A BOARD AND CONSISTENT WITH THE EVALUATION
PLAN ADOPTED UNDER SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION THE
evaluation report shall discuss:

(1)  The purpose of the regulation and the manner
of operation of the board designed to achieve the purpose;

(2)  Any change in conditions since the
regulation was established that suggests the need for change
in the regulation;

(3)  Whether the absence of regulation would
significantly affect the public health, safety, or welfare;