WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

procedures to accurately monitor

and report financial transactions

have been issued to the clerks.

Further provided that $1,475,830,

made for the purpose of

automation support in the Clerks
of the Court, may not be expended
until the Comptroller and the
Administrative Office of the
Courts, in consultation with the
Management Information Systems
Division of the Department of
Budget and Fiscal Planning,

present a five-year

implementation plan to the Budget

Committees on statewide

automation. The plan should

include five-year cost

projections, the number of

counties that will be brought on
line each year, personnel needs,
the duration of the transition
and the cost-benefits associated
with the proposal. The plan
should be submitted to the Budget

Committees for review and

approval by July 1, 1987. The
Comptroller shall submit the plan
to the Department of Budget and
Fiscal Planning for review and
concurrence before submission to
the Budget Committees. It is the
policy of the General Assembly
that no clerk shall enhance data

processing capacity without

approval of the Comptroller and
concurrence of the State Court
Administrator. Approval shall not
be granted unless the proposed
enhancement is compatible with a
statewide information processing
plan.
Further provided that this

appropriation, made for the
purposes of a replacement phone
system for the Washington County
Clerk of Court, may not be
expended until the Department of
General Services approves the
equipment acquisition under the
Maryland Ten plan.
Further provided that $402,434 of
this appropriation, made for the

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