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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 443
(16) the general fund appropriation for Educational Excellence Awards, budget
program R62I00.10, shall be reduced by $2,000,000.
(17) the general fund appropriation for the Heritage Structure Rehabilitation
Tax Credit Reserve Fund, budget program S00A23.07, shall be reduced by $5,000,000,(18) the general fund appropriation for the Secretariat Services unit of the
Department of Business and Economic Development, budget program T00A00.01,
shall be reduced by $284,000.
(19) the general fund appropriation for the Maryland Tourism Board, budget
program T00C00.03, shall be reduced by $1,000,000.
(20) the general fund appropriation for the Maryland State Arts Council,
budget program T00G00.05, shall be reduced by $2,162,000. The council shall achieve
the savings by reducing the amount of grant awards.
(21) the general fund appropriation for the Film Production Wage Tax Credit
Program, budget program T00G00.06, shall be reduced by $2,000,000.
(22) the general fund appropriation for the Division of Regional Development,
budget program T00I00.01, shall be reduced by $3,533,512 and no funds may be
expended for the operation of regional offices.
(23) the general fund appropriation for the Partnership for Workforce Quality,
budget program T00I00.03. shall be reduced by $887,954.
(24) the general fund appropriation for the Department of Business and
Economic Development shall be reduced by $1,576,000. To achieve the savings, the
department shall reduce advertising expenditures. The department is hereby
authorized to allocate the reduction across units of the department.
(25) the general fund appropriation for the Information Technology Bureau of
the Maryland State Police, budget program W00A01.10, shall be reduced by
$2,500,000 and no funds may be expended for the purchase of laptop computers for
police vehicles.
(26) the general fund appropriation for the State Aid for Police Protection Fund,
budget program W00A01.05, shall be reduced by $9,580,000.
SECTION 43. 41. 42. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That the Governor
and the Chief Judge shall, by September 1, 2005, implement systems and processes to
monitor the efforts of the Judiciary and the Executive Branch departmental units to
correct audit findings reported by the Office of Legislative Audits (OLA). This shall
include a quarterly follow-up process that requires agencies that have five or more
repeat audit findings to advise OLA, not later than nine months after an audit report
for that departmental unit has been issued, of the corrective actions taken or a
schedule for when specific corrective actions will be implemented.
Further provided that the Governor and the Chief Judge shall submit reports to
the budget committees by October 1, 2005, to outline what processes were adopted by
the Judiciary and Executive Branch departmental units to ensure that findings are
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