4862

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 911

and keep members fully informed of matters which come before
the committee. Any member of the General Assembly may
attend any of the meetings of the Legislative Policy
Committee and may present his views on any subject which the
committee is considering; however, members of the General
Assembly, other than those who are members of the
Legislative Policy Committee, do not have the right to vote
in any decision the committee makes.

40A.

(d) (1) At least once each year the committee shall
report to the members of the Legislative Policy Committee
and [of], SUBJECT TO § 51 OF THIS ARTICLE, TO the General
Assembly of its work and studies of the year, together with
any recommendations it may have for the more effective
operations of the three branches of government within the
framework of the statutory and constitutional law of
Maryland.

(2) The report shall also include any
recommendations for appropriate legislative action necessary
to modify, change or reverse any rule, regulation or
standard which the committee has considered.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, solely
contingent upon the passage of House Bill 689 of the Acts

Chapter____(H.B. 689 or S.B. 472) of the Acts of the

General Assembly of 1982, Article 40, Section 51(d) of the
Annotated Code of Maryland shall be repealed and reenacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 40 - General Assembly

51.

(d) Each State agency or official shall provide to the
Department of Legislative Reference a list of all reports
and publications issued by them which are either required by
law or intended by them for distribution to the General
Assembly. The Department shall compile and maintain a list
of all these reports and publications and shall periodically
forward these lists to the members of the General Assembly
for the purpose of furnishing them a reference source from
which they may request reports and publications from the
Department of Legislative Reference. In addition, the
Department shall preserve, catalogue, and index all reports
and publications filed with or submitted to the Department
by the various State agencies and officials in compliance
with either the requirements of [§ 53 of this article] TITLE
23, SUBTITLE 2A OF THE EDUCATION ARTICLE or the requirements
of numerous sections elsewhere in the Code; and may select,
preserve, catalogue, and index other reports and
publications it deems necessary.