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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 443
Further provided that $187,500 shall be added to the budget of the General
Assembly to fund employer contributions to the applicable State supplemental plan
for participating employees in the Optional Defined Contribution System up to and
including $400 per participating employee.
SECTION 19. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That contingent upon the
enactment of legislation exempting from the Motor Fuel Tax motor fuel that is
purchased by the Department of General Services for use by State agencies, the
funding for this tax in Executive Branch agencies shall be reduced by $875,000 in
general funds, $900,000 in special funds, and $167,000 in federal funds in accordance
with a schedule determined by the Governor.
SECTION 20. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the current
unrestricted fund appropriation shall be reduced by $63,727 for the University
System of Maryland institutions. $1,816 for Baltimore City Community College.
$1,282 for St. Mary's College of Maryland, and $3,175 for Morgan State University.
These reductions reflect the use of the State Higher Education Labor Relations Board
reimbursable fund balance toward higher education institutions' assessment for the
board. The allocation of the reduction for the University System of Maryland shall be
determined by the University System Board of Regents.
SECTION 21. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That a reduction of $600,000
in general funds is made in this budget for the Deputy Secretary for Operations,
Executive Direction (M00C01.01) in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
contingent on the passage of legislation facilitating the transfer of employees
currently supported through a contract with the Maryland Institute of Policy Analysis
and Research into State regular positions in the AIDS Administration.
SECTION 22. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That the Governor's Office
of Homeland Security shall, on or before October 1, 2005, be required to submit a
written report, subject to § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, to the General
Assembly. The report shall include the following information for fiscal 2005 and
estimated for fiscal 2006:
(1) specific spending for purposes related to homeland security by agency and
by funding source:
(2) information on pass-through funding made available to local jurisdictions
by jurisdiction and funding sources:
(3) the uses to which these funds have been put at the State level:
(4) restrictions, contingencies, and any applicable expiration dates for funds
made available through the federal government: and
(5) a breakdown of the Office of Homeland Security's share of the Governor's
Office budget regardless of funding source.
SECTION 23. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That no funds in this
budget may be expended to pay the salary of an Acting Secretary of any department
whose nomination as Secretary has been rejected by the Senate.
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