WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 306

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That all persons who

are, as of ___________, 198__, classified employees of the

Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene and whose positions are transferred to the
Department of the Environment by this Act are hereby transferred

to the Department of the Environment, effective __________, 198_,

without any change or loss of rights or status, and shall retain
their merit system and retirement system status, except as
otherwise specifically provided in this Act.

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That every person in
a clerical position who, as of June 30, 1987, is employed by the
Department of Natural Resources and is affected by a geographic
relocation under this Act, shall be given the option, to the
extent possible, of transferring to another position in State
service in the same geographic area of current employment without
any change or loss of rights, benefits, entitlements, or status,
including, if any, merit system and retirement status except as
otherwise specifically provided in this Act.

SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Executive
Branch shall submit a report on or before January 1, 1988 and on
or before January 1, 1989, to the Senate Budget and Taxation and
House Appropriations Committees and the standing committees of
the General Assembly with jurisdiction over the subject matter of
the reorganization of State government effectuated by this Act.
The reports shall include an analysis of: (1) the effectiveness
of the consolidation and reorganization of existing programs on
the functions of each department affected by this Act; (2) the
impact of this reorganization and geographic relocations
resulting from this reorganization on State personnel, including
a comparison of the number of existing employees who were
transferred to the Department of the Environment and the number
of existing employees who were transferred to other positions in
State service; and (3) the fiscal impact of the reorganization
including relocation and rent expenses as well as other costs
associated with the reorganization.

SECTION 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That it is the intent
of the General Assembly in transferring the sediment control and
stormwater management programs under Title 4 of this Act, that
because of the importance of these programs to water quality and
restoring the Chesapeake Bay, that these programs be placed in a
separate division of the Department of the Environment to be
known as the "Division of Sediment Control and Stormwater
Management." the future allocation of funds to the counties under
the Case formula shall not be affected in the event that
environmental program responsibilities are delegated by the
Secretary of the Environment to a local health officer or to a
county official other than the county health officer.

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