HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the sum of $500,000, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated as an emergency
appropriation to the Office of Special Counsel, an independent
unit within the Executive Branch, from any funds in the General
Fund Surplus Account of the Treasury of the State for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1985, for the payment of the costs incurred
in organizing and operating the Office of Special Counsel. Any
unexpended balance of this appropriation as of June 30, 1985 may
not revert to the general treasury of the State and shall be
available for expenditure during fiscal year 1986.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Treasurer of
the State shall, upon the warrant of the Comptroller, disburse
the said sum of money herein appropriated to the Office of
Special Counsel to be expended for purposes herein specified.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety and having
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of
all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its
passage.

Approved May 28, 1985.