1448                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                                    Ch. 377

THE APPROPRIATION FOR A PROGRAM MAY BE INCREASED OR REDUCED AS
PROVIDED IN THIS SUBTITLE.

7-207.

(A) "LUMP SUM APPROPRIATION" MEANS AN APPROPRIATION FOR
WHICH THE BUDGET BOOKS OR OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT SUPPORT THE
APPROPRIATION ACT CONTAIN NO DETAILED INFORMATION.

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(B) Within 90 days after the General Assembly adjourns,
each officer or unit of the State government to which a lump sum
appropriation is made shall submit to the Board of Public Works a
schedule that shows, in the form and with the detail set by the
Board, the proposed apportionment and proposed disbursement of
the appropriation.

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7-208.

(a)  While the General Assembly is in session[:

(1)  the Senate may authorize, by simple resolution,
an amendment that affects only the schedule for an appropriation
to the Senate;

(2)  the House of Delegates may authorize, by simple
resolution, an amendment that affects only the schedule for an
appropriation to the House; and

(3)  the Senate and the House may authorize, by joint
resolution, any other amendment of a schedule for an
appropriation to the Legislative Branch of the State government.]

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAY AMEND THE APPROPRIATION FOR A PROGRAM OF
THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT BY AMENDMENT TO
THE BUDGET BILL.

(b)  While the General Assembly is not in session, the
President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates
jointly may authorize an amendment of [a schedule for an
appropriation to] AN APPROPRIATION FOR A PROGRAM OF the
Legislative Branch of the State government.

(c)  [An amended schedule may not exceed the limits of an
appropriation.] AN AMENDMENT OF AN APPROPRIATION FOR A PROGRAM OF
THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF STATE GOVERNMENT MAY NOT INCREASE THE
SUM OF THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR ALL THE PROGRAMS OF THE LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH.

(d)  (1) (i) Except as provided in [paragraph (2) of] this
subsection, an amendment under this section may not increase a
salary for a nonclassified position so that the salary exceeds
the amount set by the most recently enacted State budget.

(ii) The limitation [in this paragraph] applies
whether or not the most recently enacted budget is in effect.