HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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transferred to the State Archives and the Commission on Artistic
Property created by this Act, and all employees and officials of
the Records Management Division of the Hall of Records Commission
on June 30, 1984 are hereby transferred to the Records Management
Division of the Department of General Services, without any
change or loss of rights or status, and without further
examination, qualification, or probationary period, and these
employees and officials shall retain their merit system and
retirement system status. Such employees and officials shall not
suffer any diminution of salary, wages, accrued leave, or
seniority rights and status as a result of such transfer.
However, whenever the State Archivist serving on January 1, 1984
ceases to hold office, the successor shall be in the unclassified
service and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.

SECTION 11. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, except as
otherwise provided in this Act, nothing in this Act affects the
term of office of an appointed member or an official of any
board, commission, committee, or other agency or unit. A person
who is a member or official of such a unit on the effective date
of this Act shall remain a member for the balance of the term to
which the person was appointed, unless the person sooner dies,
resigns, or is removed pursuant to the provisions of law.

SECTION 12. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That any transaction
affected by or flowing from any statute here amended, repealed,
or transferred, and validly entered into before the effective
date of this Act and every right, duty, or interest flowing from
it remains valid after the effective date and may be terminated,
completed, consummated, or enforced pursuant to law.

SECTION 13. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That all rules and
regulations, proposed rules and regulations, standards and
guidelines, proposed standards and guidelines, orders and other
directives, forms, plans, memberships, special funds,
appropriations, grants, applications for grants, contracts,
property investigations, administrative and judicial proceedings,
rights to sue and be sued, and all other duties and
responsibilities associated with those functions transferred by
this Act shall continue in effect under the State Archivist,
State Archives, Hall of Records Commission, Commission on
Artistic Property or Department of General Services until
completed, withdrawn, cancelled, modified, or otherwise changed
pursuant to law.

SECTION 14. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the repeal of
Article 54, § 5(a) of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1983
Replacement Volume) by this Act does not affect the recovery of
any records that were not transferred in accordance with the
requirements of that provision and the Archives may proceed to
recover those records as if Article 54, § 5(a) were still in
effect.

SECTION 14 15. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, except as
expressly provided in this Act, this Act does not affect the
State Archives Fund or the Consolidated Publication Account.