HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                      1097

IF THE TREASURER INVESTS MONEY OF THE DEPARTMENT, THE
TREASURER SHALL CREDIT THE INTEREST OR OTHER INCOME FROM THE
INVESTMENT TO THE APPROPRIATE ACCOUNT OF THE DEPARTMENT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Chapter ____, Acts of 1985, which enacted

the State Finance and Procurement Article, also
enacted this section, which is new language derived
without substantive change from former Art. 95, §
22F(b)(2).

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 19A(a)
of Article 78A - Public Works be and it hereby is repealed and
reenacted, with amendments, and transferred from the Annotated
Code of Maryland to the Session Laws, to read as follows:

Article 78A - Public Works

[19A.]

[(a) There shall be a Land Acquisition Division under the
Department of General Services. Land for all public improvements
within the meaning of 20 of this subtitle, including those State
projects funded under the "Outdoor Recreation Land Loan of 1969"
or "Program Open Space" shall be negotiated exclusively by this
Division; and all State acquisitions shall be made in the name of
the using State agency or in the name of the principal department
of the State government of which the using agency is a
constituent part. The Land Acquisition Division has no
responsibility for local projects or for developing the acquired
land. Development of land acquired under "Program Open Space" is
the responsibility of the managing State agencies.
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 15 of this article, the
Department of Natural Resources may dispose of any existing
structure, valued not in excess of $2,500, on any property
acquired by the State of Maryland for the use of the Department
of Natural Resources, after public notice in any newspaper of
general circulation in the county in which the property is
located. The proceeds of the sale shall be paid to the natural
resources property maintenance fund. All] ANY eminent domain
[proceedings] PROCEEDING filed by the State of Maryland in the
name of a director or secretary [and now pending] in the courts
of the State BEFORE APRIL 17, 1972 shall be valid, legal and
effective without the necessity of joining the Secretary of
General Services as a party to [each] THE proceeding.

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Revisor's
Notes and catchlines contained in this Act are not law and may
not be considered to have been enacted as a part of this Act.

SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That nothing in this
Act affects the term of office of an appointed or elected member
of any department, board, commission, committee, agency, or other
unit. A person who is a member of a unit on the effective date