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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 284

Former Art. 40, § 61E, which made it a criminal
offense for a person "subject to orders ... issued by
the joint [budget and audit] committee" to refuse
knowingly to comply with an order, is deleted as
obsolete, since Ch. 604, Acts of 1980, rewrote former
Art. 40, § 61B and, in doing so, deleted the
authorization for the Committee to issue orders and
directives.

Defined term: "Person" § 1-101

2-1223. RESERVED.

2-1224. RESERVED.

PART IV. DIVISION OF BUDGET REVIEW.

2-1225. ESTABLISHED.

THERE IS A DIVISION OF BUDGET REVIEW IN THE DEPARTMENT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from the first sentence of
former Art. 40, § 60.

It is set forth as a separate section for emphasis.

Defined term: "Department" § 2-1201

2-1226. DIVISION DIRECTOR.

(A)  POSITION AND APPOINTMENT.

THE HEAD OF THE DIVISION OF BUDGET REVIEW IS THE DIRECTOR OF
THE DIVISION, WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE
DEPARTMENT WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE SPEAKER.

(B)  TENURE.

(1)  FOR 1 YEAR AFTER APPOINTMENT, THE DIRECTOR OF THE
DIVISION OF BUDGET REVIEW IS IN A PROBATIONARY STATUS AND MAY BE
DISMISSED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT WITH THE APPROVAL OF
THE PRESIDENT AND THE SPEAKER.

(2)  AFTER THE 1-YEAR PERIOD, THE DIRECTOR OF THE
DIVISION SERVES WITHOUT A FIXED TERM AND MAY BE REMOVED AS
PROVIDED IN § 2-1207(G) OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(C)  SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY.

SUBJECT TO THE POLICIES AND DIRECTIVES OF THE DIRECTOR OF
THE DEPARTMENT AND THE JOINT BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE, THE
DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF BUDGET REVIEW HAS GENERAL
ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL OF THE OPERATION OF THE DIVISION.