1164                                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 52

FOR the purpose of altering the date on or before which the
Spending Affordability Committee is to submit a certain
report to the Legislative Policy Committee and the Governor.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - State Government
Section 2-1005
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1984 Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - State Government

2-1005.

(a)  On or before [November] DECEMBER 1 of each year, the
Committee shall submit to the Legislative Policy Committee and
the Governor a report with recommendations on fiscal goals for
the State budget to be considered at the next regular session of
the General Assembly, including:

(1)  a recommended level of State spending;

(2)  a recommended level of new debt authorization;

(3)  a recommended level of State personnel;

(4)  a recommended use of any anticipated surplus; and

(5)  other findings or recommendations that the
Committee considers appropriate.

(b)  If the report recommends expenditures in excess of the
annual increase in personal income, gross State product, or other
data that the Committee used to measure the growth of the State's
economy, the Committee shall provide the Senate and the House
with an analysis as to the extent the recommendation exceeds
those economic indicators.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved April 9, 1985.