HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                     3749

(7) The State Board for Higher Education; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Governor is requested to provide
appropriate staff resources to serve the Commission; and be it
further

RESOLVED, That the Commission make an interim report to the
Governor and the General Assembly by November 18, 1985; and a
final report by July 1, 1986; and be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be forwarded by the
Department of Legislative Reference to the Honorable Harry
Hughes, Governor of Maryland, the Honorable Benjamin L. Cardin,
Speaker of the House of Delegates, and the Honorable Melvin A.
Steinberg, President of the Senate of Maryland; the Board of
Regents of the University of Maryland, 28 S. Greene Street,
Baltimore, Maryland 21201; the Board of Regents of Morgan State
University, Truth House, Cold Spring Lane and Hillen Road,
Baltimore, Maryland 21239; the Board of Trustees of the State
Universities and Colleges, 16 Francis Street, Annapolis, Maryland
21401; the Board of Trustees of St. Mary's College, St. Mary's
City, Maryland 20686; the State Board for Community Colleges, 16
Francis Street, Annapolis, Maryland 21401; the State Board for
Higher Education, 16 Francis Street, Annapolis, Maryland 21401;
and the Maryland Independent College and University Association,
Inc., 208 Duke of Gloucester Street, Annapolis, Maryland 21401.

Signed May 21, 1985.

No. 25

(House Joint Resolution No. 55)

A House Joint Resolution concerning

Disabled Persons - Program Expansion - Fiscal Plan

FOR the purpose of requesting the Department of Budget and Fiscal
Planning to develop and submit to the General Assembly by a
certain date a 5-year plan, beginning with fiscal year 1986;
to secure the necessary fiscal resources to year 1987, to
identify the level of fiscal resources necessary to
implement certain plans for program expansion of services to

the retarded mentally retarded and nonretarded

developmentally disabled.

WHEREAS, There are 2400 mentally retarded and 1100
nonretarded developmentally disabled people on the waiting list
for community-based residential and day programs funded by the
Mental Retardation Developmental Disabilities Administration,
(MRDDA); and