WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 121

Notwithstanding the provisions of
any other law $36,900,000 of the
General Fund appropriation herein
authorized may be transferred by
approved budget amendment to the
various salary, wage, and fringe
benefit accounts of the
departments, agencies, boards and
commissions of the Executive,
Legislative and Judicial branches
of State Government, for the
purpose of implementing both
countywide salary increases, for
certain employees paid according
to law on local pay scales, and
statewide salary adjustments for
other State employees including
those positions set out under the
State Finance and Procurement
Article, Section 7-109;

27,100,000 $24,718,658 of the

authorized General Fund
appropriation may be transferred
to the respective departments,
agencies, boards and commissions
for funding salary adjustments as
recommended by the Secretary of
Personnel in the Annual Salary
Review and $2,700,000 of the
authorized General Fund
appropriation may be
transferred to the State
Department of Education and the
Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene to implement employee and
teacher salary adjustments at the
Maryland School for the Blind,
local health departments and
other community programs
receiving financial support from
the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene.
From Special and Federal Funds, for
payments; commencing August 1,
1987, required as a result of
salary adjustments and increases
and for increased costs for
Social Security and Retirement
contributions                       resulting

therefrom, authorization is
hereby granted to use Special and
Federal Funds for this purpose,
to be payable out of revenues and

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