HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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The THERE IS A Division of Budget Review is created
within the Department of Fiscal Services. It shall give
intensive study and review to the State budget, during all
stages of its proposal and consideration; and the Division
continuously shall analyze, evaluate, and test the budgetary
requests and appropriations of the several departments,
boards, bureaus, commissions, or other agencies which are
included in or considered in relation to the budget. It
shall engage in continuing study and research into the
taxes, finances, and fiscal problems and matters which
relate to or affect the budget. The Division shall give
continuing study and analysis to financial policies of and
grants from the federal government and other agencies,
public and private, as they affect or concern budgetary
matters of this State. It shall study and evaluate the
programs and activities of each department, board, bureau,
commission, or other agency of the State, in relation to its
actual or proposed expenditures of public moneys. It shall
(1) review in detail the matters to appear in the budget
prior to the convening of each regular session of the
General Assembly and be prepared to report [to the members
of], SUBJECT TO § 51 OF THIS ARTICLE, TO the General
Assembly ON each agency's justification for each item or
program appearing in the budget; (2) call attention to
proposed new services or functions appearing in the budget;
(3) point out items in the budget which previously have been
denied by the General Assembly; (4) conduct organizational
and management improvement studies consistent with
responsibilities assigned to the joint budget and audit
committee; (5) propose statutory changes to effect
operational economies or effective administration; (6)
prepare, after each session of the General Assembly, a
summary of the effect of the legislative program on the
financial condition of the State; (7) study, in conjunction
or by agreement with the Division of Fiscal Research,
financial and other problems and matters of the State
government; and (8) generally review and study all State
problems and matters, whether or not of direct budgetary
concern, which relate to the operation of the State
government and its efficient and effective operation; (9)
study, review, and shall analyze, evaluate, and test, the
requests and proposals of all State agencies for inclusion
in the capital expense budget and requests for capital
improvements to be financed by the State; and (10) report on
the public debt of the State of Maryland including the
effect of additional debt authorizations and issues on State
finances.

SECTION 3 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That
section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland read(s) as
follows:

Article 40 - General Assembly